mill (water)

Freestanding three-bay three-storey former mill, built c.1860, having remains of millrace to north-west, now in use as barn. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and render coping to gables. Rubble-stone walls with corbels to eaves of south-east side elevation. Square-headed window openings having roughly dressed stone lintels and surrounds, windows missing with openings to north-west elevation blocked with rubble. Square-headed door openings having of iron girder lintels, tooled stone block-and-start surrounds (to ground floor). Blocked loading bay to first floor of south-east side elevation. Iron-girder with rubble-stone voussoirs and battened timber door to first-storey of side (north-east) elevation. Mill-race to north-west elevation having stone block wall dividing mill-race from river with rubble-stone pier to divert water to head-race (now blocked). Timber beam floors and stairs survive to the interior. Located beside Clydagh Bridge with rubble-stone abutments linking bridge with mill.

This former watermill is in a picturesque location beside a bridge and is perfectly situated to take advantage of two important factors, the Abhainn Loch an Chip [Loughkip River] for power and the road for the transportation of goods. The mill largely retains its original appearance and is of a similar plan to other mills found throughout the country with a man-made millrace and pier to divert the water to the wheel. The mill is an important roadside reminder of the area's industrial heritage.