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Weir in Guilcagh

Weir
Weir in Guilcagh
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What is recorded here

Section of rubble stone weir, c.1825, retaining fragments of original sluice gates. Repaired, c.1950, with mass-concrete, and sluice gates replaced. Sited on Clodiagh River channelling waterway to Clodiagh Canal to south, and Cloadiagh River to south-west.
A structure of industrial heritage significance, having been built to channel the flow of the Clodiagh River to the man-made canal to south (22803063/WD-08-03-63). Although no longer in use for industrial purposes, the weir retains fragments of the early iron sluice gates, and continues to have a picturesque effect on the appearance of the river.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22803077

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Livioandronico2013, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • MainlyTwelve, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wsiegmund, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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