Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mill - unclassified
Bunratty East,bunratty West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunratty East,bunratty West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- CL062-001007-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Bradley et al. (1988, 39) cites references to a mill at Bunratty as follows: ‘The 1288 extent of the manor of Bunratty refers to a watermill, worth 2s. a year (Sweetman 1875-86, iii, no. 459, p. 207-8). This presumably was the same mill for which a fosse was dug and the pool enlarged in 1289 (MacNamara 1913-15, 237). The 1321 inquisition reported that at that date ‘the castle mill is inefficient and of no use save to the inhabitants of the castle’ (MacNamara 1913-15, 249). All of this indicates that the mill stood within the castle enclosure, or more likely on the Bunratty river, adjacent to the castle. No surface trace survives.’
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 October 2019
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H.A. 1988 Urban archaeological survey - county Clare. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.