Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Water mill - unclassified
Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlecomer
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KK005-085----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Following a successful petition by William Wandesforde in 1653-4, he was confirmed in possession of a 'water milne....near the said town' of Castlecomer (Nolan 1979, 66). A watermill is indicated on the Down Survey map (1655-6) in the settlement of Castlecomer (Farrelly et al. 1992, 130). The precise location of this water mill is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 June 2017
References
Farrelly, J., O'Reilly, B., and Loughran, A. 1993 Urban archaeological survey - county Kilkenny (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nolan, W. 1979 Fassadinin: land settlement and society in south-east Ireland, 1600-1850. Dublin. The Ardagh Press.