Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
Newcastle Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07022, -6.08480
- SMR number
- WI019-037----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the foot of a slope in a V-shaped stream valley. The remains of a horizontal mill, recently discovered during drainage operations. It consists of a rectangular pool, lined with wooden planks, with posts which originally supported the wheel-house. The pool was fed by a leat via a wooden 'flume' or chute, which was preserved, and a second leat brought the water back to the nearby stream. The horizontally mounted mill paddles, one of which was preserved, were turned in the stream of water. A sample of wood gave a dendrochronological date of AD 744 +/-9 (Palaeoecology Centre, QUB).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.