Overview
Flour Mill — Fethard is recorded as Water mill — vertical-wheeled in Tipperary. In The Valley, Fethard (TS070-040----), on the S bank of the Clashawley River and immediately SW of Watergate Bridge (TS070-040017-). This watermill is indicated on the Grace map of 1708 at the SE end of a weir running NW-SE across the river (O'Keeffe 2003, map 5).
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: chamfer Wth 0.1m) of 16th/early 17th-century date.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: The lower courses (H 0.6m) project out 0.1m beyond the line of the later wall, which suggests that this part of the millrace is contemporary with the medieval phase of the mill.
What was found
The saved account records: In The Valley, Fethard (TS070-040----), on the S bank of the Clashawley River and immediately SW of Watergate Bridge (TS070-040017-).
Why it ended
The saved account records: This watermill is indicated on the Grace map of 1708 at the SE end of a weir running NW-SE across the river (O'Keeffe 2003, map 5).
Why it mattered
Flour Mill — Fethard matters because the source singles out a feature as rare, unique, exceptional or the sole survival at this site. The source records: The N-S block appears to be the earliest surviving portion of the watermill which was constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed, typical of medieval masonry. Its importance comes from that precise survival or distinction; no broader rarity is claimed.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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