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Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Archaeological and Historical Context 4 Industrial Development 5 Urban Development 6 Character Assessment Areas: Cultural Heritage Evaluation 7 Statement of Significance 8 Legal and Policy Framework for the Protection of Cultural Heritage 9 Conclusions Appendices 1 Catalogue: Cultural Heritage Sites within the Study Area 2 Catalogue: Recorded Artefacts within Study Area 3 Catalogue: Industrial Archaeological sites within Study Area 4 Catalogue: Built Heritage within the Study Area 5 Photographic Record Study Team John Cronin Kathryn Robb Rose-Marie Doherty 2
1 Introduction Executive Summary A Pilot Waterways Corridor Study was commissioned by the Heritage Council in 2001 encompassing a stretch of the Lower Shannon, including the route of the Grand Canal in this region. This pilot study was undertaken in order to examine, define and recognize opportunities to achieve the potential of the waterway as a heritage, amenity and tourism resource. As a direct result of this study, two further assessments have been commissioned by the Heritage Council in partnership with Waterways Ireland and the relevant county councils, the first of which was completed in December 2003 and encompassed the area comprising Lanesborough to Shannonbridge, including Lough Ree in its entirety, and a further substudy including the River Suck from Shannonbridge to Ballinasloe, which also considered the line of the disused Ballinasloe Canal (formerly part of the Grand Canal navigational route). This, the second study, at the request of the lead consultants, Colin Buchanan & Partners, has commissioned John Cronin & Associates to comprehensively examine the archaeological and built heritage elements of the study area. The area assessed includes the Upper Shannon Navigation to Roosky and the Boyle River Navigation, which includes Lough Allen, Lough Key and the Carnadoe Waters and incorporates elements of terrestrial, industrial and underwater archaeology as well as built heritage. The following report comprises the findings of an intensive desk-based survey as well as field survey of the area of the waterway and its adjacent lands. For the purpose of the assessment, the large stretch of waterway has been sub-divided into character units linking all major towns and villages within the study area. These units are unbiased in terms of cultural heritage and are merely utilized as a geographical framework for interpreting the evidence. Aims & Objectives The brief, as produced by the Heritage Council, Waterways Ireland and both Leitrim and Roscommon County Councils, defines that the overall aims of the waterway study should centre on the following key points: • To identify ways to manage the waterways corridor environment to the benefit of all i.e. heritage, land and water-based users. • To improve an understanding of the area, and by this understanding, ensure retention of the distinctiveness of a place, while allowing for development and evolution of use for the future. By identifying and assessing all aspects of archaeological and built heritage within a broad distance of 500m from the banks of the waterway this highlights various elements pertaining to the role in which Lough Allen, the River Shannon, the Boyle River, Lough Key and the Carnadoe Waters play in terms of transport, communication, economics, settlement and ritual from prehistoric times to the present day. As such, knowledge of how these sites and monuments relate to and address the waterway over time is invaluable in determining the best policies for future evolution of the corridor. This, together with an integrated consideration of landscape character, natural ecological heritage and patterns of ownership and settlement as undertaken by other co-consultants in this study, will serve to highlight the significance of the waterway resource which in turn recommends indicators and future monitoring targets to achieve the 3
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