Mill - corn

The National Monuments Service's description

In the 17th century the ruins of a fulling mill and a corn mill (TN005-004----) were described as standing on the side of Pallas River to the SW of the church in the townland of Gurteen on the lands of John Kennedy of Gurteen, who is described as an Irish Papist (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 321). The Civil Survey of 1654-56 recorded, 'Upon the sd lands are two decayed mills vizt., a fulling mill & a corne mill standing on a little brooke running through the sd lands onely useful in winter' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 321). The 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map shows a 'Mill in ruins' in this location and these ruins may have been located on or in close proximity to the site of the medieval mill as shown on the 17th century Down Survey map of Lower Ormond Barony (Hib. Reg.). The mill is clearly shown standing on the W bank of the Pallas River opposite Pallas Castle on the Down Survey map of Dorrha and Bunacum parishes (NLI, MS. 721). The medieval church of Dorrha (TN005-005001-) lies 220m to the NE, with Pallas Castle (TN005-006001-) 105m to the SE.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled and revised by Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload/revision: 12 October 2020

References

NLI, MS 721 – National Library of Ireland , The parish maps of the Down Survey of County Tipperary, attested by Wm. Petty in 1657. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 67 maps with accompanying terriers, 1786-7. Dublin.

Hibernia Regnum: A set of 214 barony maps of Ireland dating to the period AD 1655-59. The original parish maps have been lost but the Hibernia Regnum maps are preserved in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (Goblet 1932, v-x). Photographic facsimiles of these maps were published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton in 1908.

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.