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Wishing everyone around the world a very happy #saintpatricksday! One Ireland gems are its #fishweirs have been used along the coast of the island of Ireland from prehistory onwards such the #fishwerisof the #LoughSwilly #StrangfordLough #Shannonestuary. 1/
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Medieval fish trap Strangford Lough in County Down Northen Ireland. Source Google Maps data gathered by P. Montgomery. McErlean, T., McConkey, R. and Forsythe, W., 2002. Strangford Lough: An archaeological survey of the maritime cultural landscape. Blackstaff Press. Picture of the Lough Swilly stone fish trap Donegal Ireland ©Paul Montgomery 2013. Montgomery, Paul, Wes Forsythe, and Colin Breen. "Intertidal fish traps from Ireland: some recent discoveries in Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal." Journal of Maritime Archaeology 10.2 (2015): 117-139. #Doonbeg #Co_Clare #Ireland home to one of the bigest #intertidal stone #fishweir 'fish pounds' or salmon walls. Source Google Maps.
March 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM