Water mill - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

The precise location of the medieval watermill in the townland of Sreelane has not been identified. This mill was located a short distance to the NW of the medieval castle of Sreelane (LI005-052----) which was located either on the site of Plassy House or between this house and the River Shannon located 125m to the N. A medieval watermill standing on the S bank of the River Shannon to the NW of the castle is depicted on the 1657 Down Survey map of Kilmurry parish (NLI, Ms. 718). A mill and mill race is shown on the first edition of the OS 6 inch maps at the edge of the River Shannon NW of Plassy House. In 1620 King James I granted Edmund Bourk Fitz Richard of Ballysimon lands including 'the castle (LI005-052----) and lands of Shrylane, containing 1 mill' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 480). The terrier of the Down Survey map recorded that there was 'a ruined castle & a grist mill at Drumruo [Sreelane]. The 1654-6 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Edmund Bourke Fitz Richard was the owner of a 'broken Castle, and a Mill' in the townand of 'Sreylane' (Simington 1938, 466).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 25 October 2018

References

NLI, MS 718 - National Library of Ireland, Parish maps with terriers, showing forfeited lands in County Limerick, commonly known as the "Down Survey", executed under the direction of Sir William Petty, 1657, and copied by Daniel O'Brien, 1786.

Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I - Irish patent rolls of James I: facsimile of the Irish record commissioners' calendar prepared prior to 1830, with foreword by M.C. Griffith (Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin, 1966)

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1938 The civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IV: county of Limerick, with a section of Clanmaurice barony Co. Kerry. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.