Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Water mill - vertical-wheeled
Johnstown (moyfenrath Lower By., Rathcore Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnstown (moyfenrath Lower By., Rathcore Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40824, -6.84414
- SMR number
- ME048-031005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Archaeological excavation (02E0462) of the enclosure (ME048-031001-) also recorded a NE-SW mill-race (Wth of top 2.6-4.3m; D 1.2-1.4m) that approached from the NE, and at the closest point c. 15m SE of the enclosure (ME048-031001-) it turned S. At this turning point, which was the widest and deepest point of the mill-race, the wooden base of the rectangular wheel-pit (dims 4.1m x 2.96m) was excavated, c.2m below ground level. Four oak floor-planks and three from the side-walls were in poor condition but a dendrochronological date of AD 1116-1134 was returned, suggesting that it was contemporary with Phase 3 of the enclosure. No evidence of the mill-house was recovered. A radiocarbon date of Cal. AD 1420-1640 was returned for bone from the upper fill of the mill-race. (Carlin and Clarke 2008, 75-8; Clarke 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 August 2019
References
Clarke, L. and Carlin, N. 2008 Living with the Dead at Johnstown 1: an enclosed burial, settlement and industrial site. in Carlin, N., Clarke, L. and F. Walsh The Archaeology of Life and Death in the Boyne Floodplain, vol. 1, 55-85. National Roads Authority, Scheme Monographs 2, Dublin
Clarke, L. 2008 Johnstown 1 in Carlin and Clarke 2008. The Archaeology of Life and Death in the Boyne Floodplain, vol. 2, Johnstown 1. National Roads Authority Scheme Monographs 2, Dublin
Nearby in the register
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.