Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mill - corn
Aghadoe, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghadoe
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeagh Mills (Corn) (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.94289, -7.99295
- SMR number
- CO066-052001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
In Killeagh. Indicated as flour mill on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Rectangular structure (24m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW), 6-bay, 5-storey with attic windows, slim chimneys on gable ends, one to N false. Stone additions at either end making ground plan Z-shaped. Modern additions around NW end built over wheel-pit. Glenbower lake (drained in late 1980s) to NW used as mill pond; part of mill race now used as public walk. According to local information, mill used to grind maize in 19th century; used as corn store up until 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
Nearby in the register
- Barracksunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.