Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss

Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss: medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland

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Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss : medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland. / Sands, Rob; O’Sullivan, Aidan; Daly, Aoife; Dillon, Mary.

In: Journal of Wetland Archaeology, Vol. 16, No. 1, 01.01.2016, p. 17-32.

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Sands, R, O’Sullivan, A, Daly, A & Dillon, M 2016, 'Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss: medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland', Journal of Wetland Archaeology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2016.1223809

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Sands, R., O’Sullivan, A., Daly, A., & Dillon, M. (2016). Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss: medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland. Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 16(1), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2016.1223809

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Sands R, O’Sullivan A, Daly A, Dillon M. Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss: medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland. Journal of Wetland Archaeology. 2016 Jan 1;16(1):17-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2016.1223809

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Sands, Rob ; O’Sullivan, Aidan ; Daly, Aoife ; Dillon, Mary. / Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss : medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland. In: Journal of Wetland Archaeology. 2016 ; Vol. 16, No. 1. pp. 17-32.

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