Corn Mill, Tuck Mil

Named 'Gearagh Corn and Tuck Mill' on the OS 6-inch map (1842). A small roadside milling complex 1.5km SE of Rossmore on the Argideen river. The tuck or fulling mill is c. 5m to E of the corn mill (CO121-082001-). It is a small roofless rectangular structure (int: 4.67m N-S; 3.12m E-W) with a wheel pit along its W elevation. A small bevelled gear wheel survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009