Water mill - horizontal-wheeled

The National Monuments Service's description

Immediately SW of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA084-085003-). The site of a watermill, possibly of the horizontal type (pers. comm. E. Rynne). The 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933) shows two roughly parallel banks, c. 25m apart, branching off from the enclosure at SW. These are shown running downhill for c. 150m on a NNW-SSE axis, converging into one towards SSW end. On the same map, a stream is depicted emerging from the fosse of the enclosure at WSW. It is then shown running beneath a small bridge immediately outside it at SW before flowing off downhill between the two banks. These features probably represent the remains of the head race of a watermill (ibid.). Though still intact in July 1970 (CUCAP BDN 70), only faint surface traces now survive. (ASGAP 377:2, 5)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Updated by: Olive Alcock

Date of revised upload: 18 November 2016