Survey Data
Reg No
31301601
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Pier/jetty
In Use As
Pier/jetty
Date
1820 - 1835
Coordinates
66967, 329013
Date Recorded
06/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Pier, begun 1822; in progress 1824; "perfect" 1830, on a cranked L-shaped plan with seaweed-covered granite ashlar battered walls having cut-granite coping. Set extending into An Sáilín [Saleen Harbour].
Appraisal
A pier erected to a design by Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832), Engineer to the Western District (appointed 1822; replaced 1831), representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century built heritage of Contae Mhaigh Eo [County Mayo].