Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
Kilmagar, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmagar
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KK020-066----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In Kilmagar townland, in the mid-19th century, 'an oak trough, fourteen feet long, and hollowed from a single tree, had been dug up. The trough was about three feet in diameter at the upper and larger end, and gradually diminished to about four inches at its lower extremity; it was covered by a rough-hewn plank of oak, and, when found, was caulked with moss. As the declivity of the hill is here considerable, the use of this trough was, probably, to convey the water to the spring to turn an overshot wheel' (Anon. 1850-51, 158). This possibly formed part of a horizontal-wheeled water mill. The precise location of this monument within the Kilmagar townland is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 March 2016
References
Anon. 1849-51 Proceedings and transactions. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 1, 154-62.