Mill - corn

The National Monuments Service's description

On S bank of Glennamought River. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as three separate buildings, structure at NE end named 'Corn Mill'. Range of three buildings survive built into NW-facing slope with access on SE side at upper floor levels. Central 2-storey, rectangular structure (int.: 11.05m SW-NE; 6.2m NW-SE) appears to be remains of earliest structure with later mill attached at NE end: roofless rectangular 4-storey mill (int.: 13.3m NE-SW; 8.14m NW-SE) of 4 bays; brick-arched opes to windows. Wheel-pit (Wth 1.78m) along NE wall which housed high breastshot or overshot waterwheel. Arched opes in NE wall of mill suggests power was transferred into mill via pinion wheel. Support stones for machinery and two conglomerate millstones survive within. Mill race (dry) approaches from SW. Residential structure attached to SW end central structure; 2-storey, 3-bay. According to local information, house abandoned in 1973.

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