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County Clare, Munster
Killaloe Shannon navigation quays
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: navigation ironwork.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1905 historic-map era
Shannon crossing town at the foot of Lough Derg, with navigation canal and quays busy in the steamer and turf-boat era of the early 1800s and a noted eel fishery; quay margins carry navigation-era refuse.
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