Mill - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

The Civil Survey of 1654-56 recorded that Sir Moris Hurly of Cnocklong an Irish Papist was in the possession of 'a ruined Castle (LI041-004005-) a Mill, with two Faires a Courte Leet & Court Baron' (Simington 1938, 233).
Situated on flat poorly drained grassland overlooked by O'Hurley's Castle (LI041-004005-) 130m to SW and Knocklong Church (LI041-004002-) and graveyard (LI041-004003-) 200m to SW. St. Patrick's and St. Paul's Well's (LI041-004006-/008-) located 35m to S. Square-shaped area (approx. dims. 40m N-S x 38m E-W) defined by a scarp and external ditch which appears to have been a water-filled moat before the field was reclaimed. A field drainage ditch intersects monument at NW angle and a second leat or water drainage channel intersects the SE corner. A series of linear drainage ditches are clearly in the field to the N of the square-shaped earthwork. It is possible that the earthwork was created during the land reclamation works visible in this poorly drained field rather than the remains of a medieval moated mill-site. Outline of monument is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. No monument depicted at this location on any edition of the OS six-inch maps.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 20 June 2019

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

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.