What is recorded here
In pasture, on a N-flowing stream, c. 150m S of Ballyhowley Castle, a tower house (MA092-039001-). A mill is listed in the Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (O'Sullivan, W. 1958, 105): '…the castle and town of Bellaghowly, with 3qrs and 3 cartons of land and a cornmill thereunto adjoining…'. The mill is depicted…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA092-092
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Paul Cowan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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