Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mill - woollen
Ballincurrig (barrymore By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincurrig (barrymore By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Woollen Factory (1936)
- Coordinates
- 51.98807, -8.22794
- SMR number
- CO054-125----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Roadside, on N bank of Owennacurra river, just SW of Ballincurrig. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Complex of buildings survive. Rectangular mill (long axis N-S) on S side; 3-storey, 6-bays; gable ended. Wheel-pit for vertical waterwheel along N gable; now occupied by turbine. Power house attached at N end of W elevation with tall brick chimney. Attached to this is another structure which houses a National Gas and Oil Engine. Interior of mill empty; floors intact. Additions to S. Number of other structures survive including toilets suspended over river's edge to S; substantial store house to N; 2-storey roadside residence to E and a number of modern buildings. Abandoned 1971.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
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