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Mill - cloth

Knocknahorgan, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mill - cloth, Knocknahorgan, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knocknahorgan
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Silverspring Starch Works (1935)
Coordinates
51.94772, -8.40317
SMR number
CO063-093----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On S bank of Glashaboy River c. 1.5km N of Sallybrook. Remains of large complex shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Bleach and Cloth Mill'; on 1902 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps as 'Silversprings Starch Works'. Tall roofless gable-ended structure (ext. 10m E-W; int. 2.55m N-S); tall archway in E wall; raised platform (H 1.7m) at W end. Attached to N wall are low remains of structure (3.8m N-S; 9.65m E-W). At E side of complex is a 1-storey gable-ended structure; brick detail quoins and surrounds to opes with date stone '1897' on E gable. Late 19th/early 20th century residential house in centre of complex. Other wall fragments survive. Underground tunnel; indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map running SW of complex to chimney, survives as partially collapsed brick-lined tunnel (H c. 0.5m; Wth c. 0.8m); leads uphill c. 100m to SW to an overgrown stone-built chimney (H c. 12m).

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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