Water mill - horizontal-wheeled

The National Monuments Service's description

Named ‘Site of Mill’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map c. 140m E of the most easterly church (CL003-032004-) and just outside the estimated E extent of the large ecclesiastical enclosure (CL003-032007-) at Oughtmama at the N foot of Turlough Hill. Noted as ‘Horizontal Mill’ on Robinson’s 1977 Burren map, Sheehan (1982, 34) notes that it may explain the presence of a church site in an otherwise sparsely populated mountain terrace. Present remains consist of a grassed-over stony mound (H 0.5-1m) defined at N by a grassed-over wall (Wth 0.7m; H over ext. 1.4m; H over int. 0.5m) and by a later field wall along the E side. A second grassed-over stone wall (L 4m; H 0.4-0.6m; Wth 1.5m) runs parallel to the first 4m to the S. A mill race comprising a wide dry channel (Wth 3.2m) dug out of the S-facing slope and forming a bank to the S (Wth at top 1.9m; Wth at base 9m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.5m) extends 130m ENE. Some stone facing is evident on the N face of the bank. The mill race was listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996) under the number CL003-032009-.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 19 February 2018