Posted by JDP on October 16, 2001 at 23:36:35:
In Reply to: Ordnance Survey map of Castlebar 1870 posted by Murrisk on October 15, 2001 at 14:53:42:
These maps are very interesting Murrisk. I not that the lake just after the Pound Rd. junction is called L.Lea. This is what we called the Lochán and it dried up totally in the summer. I think it remains dry all year round now. Could it have been effected by The Moy Drainage scheme of the 60s