Paul Montgomery
@stonefishweirs.bsky.social
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Join us at Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group. #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #maritimeheritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritage
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December 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Scholarship have shown that fish have always been important to the Egyptians of the Dynastic period. The study of fish, fishing, and early forms of aquaculture can provide a window into the economic and religious significance and examine the development of fishing methods. 2/3
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Scholarship have shown that fish have always been important to the Egyptians of the Dynastic period. The study of fish, fishing, and early forms of aquaculture can provide a window into the economic and religious significance and examine the development of fishing methods. 2/3
Fish and #fishing was at the heart of #Egypt, as was the river #Nile, which has been central to the life of Egypt. Scholarship has shown that fish have always been important in the #Egyptians economy as both food & currency, depicted in paintings and reliefs by the Egyptians. 1/3 #coastalhistory
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Fish and #fishing was at the heart of #Egypt, as was the river #Nile, which has been central to the life of Egypt. Scholarship has shown that fish have always been important in the #Egyptians economy as both food & currency, depicted in paintings and reliefs by the Egyptians. 1/3 #coastalhistory
As part of a local subsistence strategy, the level of conservation of these traps suggests that they were essential to the local communities. Also, the later adoption of oyster farming and propagation allowed them to remain part of local intertidal fishing activities. 5/6
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
As part of a local subsistence strategy, the level of conservation of these traps suggests that they were essential to the local communities. Also, the later adoption of oyster farming and propagation allowed them to remain part of local intertidal fishing activities. 5/6
The weirs were later used as oyster beds in the 19th Century. Located on the southern shores of the Bristol Channel, this fish trap is believed to have been in use from the medieval to the post-medieval. 4/6
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The weirs were later used as oyster beds in the 19th Century. Located on the southern shores of the Bristol Channel, this fish trap is believed to have been in use from the medieval to the post-medieval. 4/6
Fishing for a range of species, such as salmon and herring, seasonally, as well as a range of other local indigenous species, such as flat fish, which are commonly caught on the shores of this part of the channel. 3/6
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fishing for a range of species, such as salmon and herring, seasonally, as well as a range of other local indigenous species, such as flat fish, which are commonly caught on the shores of this part of the channel. 3/6
It is believed that stone #fishweirs were built in the medieval and/or post-medieval period, and that coastal fishweirs were mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1999.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It is believed that stone #fishweirs were built in the medieval and/or post-medieval period, and that coastal fishweirs were mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1999.
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Images of a perfect example of a stone #fishweir from #Porlock Weir Harbour, one of three intertidal structures (fish traps and/or oyster beds) located near the town of #Somerset, #England. On the south side of the #BristolChannel. 1/6 #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Images of a perfect example of a stone #fishweir from #Porlock Weir Harbour, one of three intertidal structures (fish traps and/or oyster beds) located near the town of #Somerset, #England. On the south side of the #BristolChannel. 1/6 #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
In the case of the British Isles, was centre of these early proto-industries. With fish weirs and artisanal fisheries growing over the centuries to access resources and build some of our most significant urban settlements. For if there is fish, there is a way!
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December 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In the case of the British Isles, was centre of these early proto-industries. With fish weirs and artisanal fisheries growing over the centuries to access resources and build some of our most significant urban settlements. For if there is fish, there is a way!
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Fish weirs were granted access to fisheries to ecclesiastical foundations as gifts, as a form of long-term spiritual investment, and as an expression of their wealth.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Fish weirs were granted access to fisheries to ecclesiastical foundations as gifts, as a form of long-term spiritual investment, and as an expression of their wealth.
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Communities who utilise these resources as part of their subsistence approach and as part of their cosmology for their own place in the world. For coastal communities that centred themselves around access points, struggling to control how resources were gathered and utilised. 3/6
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Communities who utilise these resources as part of their subsistence approach and as part of their cosmology for their own place in the world. For coastal communities that centred themselves around access points, struggling to control how resources were gathered and utilised. 3/6
In a preindustrial age, a consistent source of resources that could be conserved and transported long distances were of vale any community who could control them. Parallels have been found in communities around the globe, from the Americas to the Asia Pacific and beyond.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
In a preindustrial age, a consistent source of resources that could be conserved and transported long distances were of vale any community who could control them. Parallels have been found in communities around the globe, from the Americas to the Asia Pacific and beyond.
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Contextualising the fish weirs in their maritime cultural heritage. Despite thousands of known examples across nearly every continent, there is a great deal of ignorance about their role and how we should view them within a broader maritime cultural landscape. 1/6
#coastalhistory
#coastalhistory
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Contextualising the fish weirs in their maritime cultural heritage. Despite thousands of known examples across nearly every continent, there is a great deal of ignorance about their role and how we should view them within a broader maritime cultural landscape. 1/6
#coastalhistory
#coastalhistory
Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group. #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #maritimeheritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritage
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group. #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #maritimeheritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritage
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Diderot’s (1713-1784) "Encyclopedia Sciences, Arts,Professions" documents a range of artisanal fishing methods, with details of static net pens #fishweirs, drag nets, lantern nets with creel baskets and intertidal fishing with a man in mud shoes at a wood v-shaped stake nets.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Diderot’s (1713-1784) "Encyclopedia Sciences, Arts,Professions" documents a range of artisanal fishing methods, with details of static net pens #fishweirs, drag nets, lantern nets with creel baskets and intertidal fishing with a man in mud shoes at a wood v-shaped stake nets.
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In the 18th century, the literary-scientific trend of the compilation of encyclopaedias, written by a collaborative group of “men of letters,” the Encyclopédie, was to encompass “all the knowledge scattered on the surface of the earth” and to provide a practical reference.
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#coastalhistory
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December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In the 18th century, the literary-scientific trend of the compilation of encyclopaedias, written by a collaborative group of “men of letters,” the Encyclopédie, was to encompass “all the knowledge scattered on the surface of the earth” and to provide a practical reference.
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Fishing the Kiddles #fishweirs at #Foulness (1900). Foulness Island in #Essex coast of #England. Local fishing tradition of fixed fishweirs made with removable nets used in #MerseaIsland area. using the tide and current to push fish into on every tide. #coastsinmind #coastalhistory
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Fishing the Kiddles #fishweirs at #Foulness (1900). Foulness Island in #Essex coast of #England. Local fishing tradition of fixed fishweirs made with removable nets used in #MerseaIsland area. using the tide and current to push fish into on every tide. #coastsinmind #coastalhistory
Pictures of the wood #fishweir at the Sales Point, Blackwater Estuary Essex. In continuous as early as the 7th century, right up until the 15th or 16th century. With mentions in the Doomsday Book associated with a local monastery in the 12th century. #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory
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November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pictures of the wood #fishweir at the Sales Point, Blackwater Estuary Essex. In continuous as early as the 7th century, right up until the 15th or 16th century. With mentions in the Doomsday Book associated with a local monastery in the 12th century. #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory
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Picture of stone #fishweir Gored Tre-Castle, in the Menai Straits, a large fish trap thought to be medieval exposed at low tide, near #beaumaris, #isleofanglesey, #wales #fishweirs #CoastalHeritage
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Picture of stone #fishweir Gored Tre-Castle, in the Menai Straits, a large fish trap thought to be medieval exposed at low tide, near #beaumaris, #isleofanglesey, #wales #fishweirs #CoastalHeritage
#tcdtceh #oceanspast #oceanaction46159 #MaritimeHeritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritag #MOLA #CIM
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November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Images of fishermen and small river craft, possibly on the nearby #Tigris and #Khosr Rivers. At #Nineveh, South-West Palace. Iraq. Palace, #iraq. dating #assyrian, 700-692 BC. : Located in the deserts of Iraq, the iconography this location is heavily defined by water. #fishing #heritage #fishweirs
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#NationalSardinesDay
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#NationalSardinesDay
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
In the deepest of winter, some footage to remind us of how beautiful summer can be! with some underwater footage from a survey in the Alboran Sea. #maritimeculturallandscape #seascapes #ecology @tcdtceh.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In the deepest of winter, some footage to remind us of how beautiful summer can be! with some underwater footage from a survey in the Alboran Sea. #maritimeculturallandscape #seascapes #ecology @tcdtceh.bsky.social
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The stone fish weirs of the island of Taiwan are some of the most complex and elaborate fishing structures known locally as “shi hu”(石滬) has been structured to fit into the deal with the pressure of the current and tide pushing across the foreshore area.
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The stone fish weirs of the island of Taiwan are some of the most complex and elaborate fishing structures known locally as “shi hu”(石滬) has been structured to fit into the deal with the pressure of the current and tide pushing across the foreshore area.
Attend the first online event of the newly founded Council for Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage (CAUCH) was held. The online talk was given by Dr Sila Tripati's one of the "founding fathers" of #maritimearchaeology in #India. #MaritimeHeritage #CAUCH #maritimearchaeology #coastalhistory
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Attend the first online event of the newly founded Council for Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage (CAUCH) was held. The online talk was given by Dr Sila Tripati's one of the "founding fathers" of #maritimearchaeology in #India. #MaritimeHeritage #CAUCH #maritimearchaeology #coastalhistory