Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Water mill - unclassified
Townparks (balrothery East By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (balrothery East By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Corn Mill
- Coordinates
- 53.57434, -6.11010
- SMR number
- DU005-029----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated towards the base of a prominent ridge overlooking Skerries. A 19th-century mill complex occupies the site of a watermill mentioned in the 16th-century extents of monastic possessions for the parish of Holmpatrick (White, 1943, 49). Described in the Civil Survey 1654-56 as a 'decayed watermill' (Simington 1945, 54). Field walking (May 2014) of the south-facing sloping field to the rear of the present complex recovered diagnostic late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flints. The mill complex has undergone restoration by Fingal County Council (Ni Ghabhlain 1987, 116).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 14 November 2014
References
Ní Ghabhlain, S. 1987 Skerries Mills Project Report. Unpublished report. ANCO/S.P.U.G.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1945 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. VII: county of Dublin. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
White, N.B. 1943 Extents of Irish monastic possessions, 1540-1541. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.