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Mill in Rathmorgan

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On N side of Awbeg River. Three walls of rectangular mill (int. 12.6m NW-SE; c. 15.3m NE-SW) are all that now stands, with internal dividing wall. Wheel-pit (Wth c. 2.67m) alongside SE wall housed breastshot suspension wheel; bearing stone for axle survives in mill wall. Brick-arched ope (Wth 1.02m; H 0.92m) in mill wall where power transferred into mill; remains of door ope adjacent. Three large foundation stones for machinery within; conglomerate runner millstone on ground to S, fragment of French burr stone built into SE wall. Remains of two rectangular 1-storey buildings, on higher ground to NE, may be associated with mill. Millrace (dry) taken from river c. 500m to E. Named 'Ballyhay Mill' on 1842 OS 6-inch map.
On N side of Awbeg River. Three walls of rectangular mill (int. 12.6m NW-SE; c. 15.3m NE-SW) are all that now stands, with internal dividing wall. Wheel-pit (Wth c. 2.67m) alongside SE wall housed breastshot suspension wheel; bearing stone for axle survives in mill wall. Brick-arched ope (Wth 1.02m; H 0.92m) in mill wall where power transferred into mill; remains of door ope adjacent. Three large foundation…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO008-059

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