Flour Mill

On the E bank of a former branch of the River Nore, possibly modified to form a millrace, now dried up. Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran in ‘Maddockstowne’ townland (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). Also indicated on the Down Survey parish map of Blackrath and St Martins and the accompanying terrier describes, ‘on Maddockistowne …a Mill in repaire’ and lists ‘S[i]r Edm[on]d Blanchfield’ as the proprietor in 1640 (NLI MS720). According to Doyle (1985, 155), this mill, ‘which probably dates from the 16th century. It had been converted to a dwelling house, but it is now partly roofless. It is situated beside a long dried-up mill stream. It is a narrow building, rather low for a two-storey house. The hole where the shaft of the mill wheel entered is still to be seen’. See attached: KK020-046----_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin KK020-046----_02 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Blackrath and St Martins (NLI MS720) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 December 2020