Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Water mill - vertical-wheeled
Purcellsinch, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Purcellsinch
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK019-082001-
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ and on the Down Survey parish map ‘The Parrish of St. Johns in the Liberties of Kilkenny’ as water mill with a vertical mill wheel on the N bank of the River Nore, in the SE portion of 'Pursers Inch' 17th-century townland which equates with the modern townland of Purcellsinch (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying the parish map lists Mr. Buckly Pro[testan]t' as the proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The precise location of this water mill within the SE portion of the townland is unknown. Another water mill (KK019-082----) is depicted in the SW portion of the townland.
See attached:
KK019-082001-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
KK019-082001-_02 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map ‘The Parrish of St. Johns in the Liberties of Kilkenny’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 October 2020