Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Flax Mill
Carnanbane, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Store
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Former Flax Mill, 11 Carnanbane Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4BR
- Townland
- Carnanbane
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.89925, -6.95702
- Date of survey
- 26 July 2000
- HB reference
- HB02/05/043
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).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A rectangular stone built and slated former flax mill.
A 3 bay long, originally 2 storey gabled sandstone random rubble structure. W side, which faces towards the Owenrigh River, has a single door opening (door missing) with wooden lintol, to each side rectangular window openings, one louvred. Above the louvred window a narrow door opening the threshold of which is on the wooden lintol. Above the other 2 ground floor openings there are 2 square louvred openings again with wooden lintols. There is a corbel course under the slate eaves in long lengths of sandstone. The wall is built of rough random rubble sandstone. The Bangor blue smallish slates are in poor repair with some holes. At each gable there are crude insitu concrete barges, the one at the N gable partially collapsed. Ridge tile, no gutters.
The N gable has a large high square headed opening, probably enlarged to suit lorries or modern farm machinery. Trimming of opening done in concrete blocks. There is evidence on this gable that another pitched roof abutted it. The E wall has no opening and is part built into the side of glen behind it. Against the S gable abuts a corrugated iron roofed store.
The mill building is sited parallel to the glenside with the millrace cut into the slope behind. Adjacent to the mill is the renovated dwelling of the present owner and the Owenrigh River.
Historical information
This former flax mill is shown on the O.S. 1830 Map when the townland was in the proprietorship of Stewart Bruce. O.S. Memoirs describes the flax mill as having “1 breast water mill, diameter of wheel 13 feet and gave an average time of working as 12 weeks. In more recent times the mill was in the ownership of Andrews when it was sold to the Murphy family who still have the holding though the name has changed to McLaughlin.
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. Map 1830 Londonderry sh. 30.
2. O.S. Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of Co Londonderry X, 1833-34, 1838
Ed by Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams, Q.U.B. p. 117, 126.
3. Present Owner (2000)
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
An example of a stone built flax mill of the late 18th or early 19th century.
Nearby in the register
- Chambered Grave and SouterrainStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Carnanbane BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- Stone CrossMemorialunder 1 mi
- Banagher Old Church – TowerTowerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.