Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mill - bleaching
Darkwood, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Darkwood
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Bleach Mill (Disused) (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.72877, -9.12237
- SMR number
- CO107-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Remains of bleaching complex 1km NW of Dunmanway on tributary of Dirty river. Rectangular 2-storey structure, hipped roof; 2-storey addition to SE making ground plan L-shaped. Wheel pit (Wth 1.4m; D 1.6m) along SE elevation of addition; cast iron axle and flaunch in situ. Two small ruined structures stand nearby. Bleach green to NE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
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- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.