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County Clare, Munster

Killaloe Shannon navigation quays

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also 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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