Water mill - horizontal-wheeled

The National Monuments Service's description

Identified by test-excavation (Licence no. 08E0303) the monument consists of a medieval watermill with a horizontal millwheel, associated millrace and various other channels used for water management. The remains consist of the foundations of a sub-square mill building (2.1m) with a funnel-shaped flume channel opening into its N side and a tail race exiting from the S. A possible millpond was located immediately upslope to the N. To the W of the mill a 2.2m wide, shallow, V-shaped water channel metalled with stone was uncovered. Between this channel and the mill, 2m from it, were two N–S drystone wall foundations running parallel to the building: their function is unknown but they appear to relate to the strengthening of the V-shaped channel. Other features discovered included two metalled floor surfaces. Medieval pottery suggests that the mill may have continued in use beyond the 12th century AD to perhaps some time during the 14th – 16th century (Frazer 2008, 37).

Compiled by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 4 February 2015

References

Frazer, W. 2008 Archaeological test excavation, Mooretown, Swords, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 08E0303). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.