Survey Data

Reg No

14315064


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Technical


Original Use

Weir


Date

1760 - 1770


Coordinates

296326, 273734


Date Recorded

02/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Stone weir, built 1765, with two stone cutwaters.

Appraisal

This eighteenth-century weir is an interesting reminder of the industrial heritage of Slane and was an integral part of Slane Mill. Located on the upstream side of Slane bridge, this weir was constructed to divert water into the mill race on the other side of Slane Bridge. Constructed beside the lock on the canal which runs to the south of the River Boyne, it forms part of an interesting group of eighteenth-century industrial related structures.