Overview
weir — Sligo is recorded as weir in Sligo. Section of stone breakwater wall, built c. 1840, on east bank of Garavogue River. Comprising squared limestone to river elevation and rubble stone to land elevation, dressed stone coping.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Section of stone breakwater wall, built c. 1840, on east bank of Garavogue River.
People and work
The saved account records: Comprising squared limestone to river elevation and rubble stone to land elevation, dressed stone coping.
How it changed
The saved account records: Enclosing culverted stream to east with squared limestone retaining walls.
What survives
The saved account records: Incised vertical channels on north end may have housed sluice gates.
Why it mattered
weir — Sligo matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This structure relates to an era when river management, particulary in connection with commercial shipping, was important. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
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