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Kelp grid is a scheduled monument located in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. The site represents evidence of early modern kelp production, an industry that became significant in Ulster during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Kelp burning was undertaken to produce soda ash for glass and soap manufacture, and the grid structure would have formed part of the infrastructure for this industrial process. The monument reflects the economic importance of coastal resource exploitation in early modern Ireland.
Kelp grid is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 13498. View the official record →
Kelp grid is a scheduled monument located in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 13498.
Kelp grid dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a kelp grid. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kelp grid is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 13498.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windmill stump (c.f. ihr 2815 for details) (1.1 km), The ragheries. wooden fish trap (2.1 km), Kircubbin harbour. quay, slipway and mooring (2.3 km).
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