mill (water)

Former corn mill complex, built c.1800, comprising detached multi-bay two-storey corn mill and store and a detached single-bay three-storey corn kiln at right angle to the northwest. Now out of use and in use as agricultural/domestic outbuildings. Pitched natural slate roof to main structure with pitched corrugated-iron roof to former corn kiln. Constructed of coursed rubble limestone with dressed limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed doorcases and segmental-headed carriage arches with dressed limestone and brick voussoirs to main building with loop hole openings over to first floor. Square-headed carriage arch (modern) to north side of former corn kiln. Small river/mill race to south side of main building (mill wheel no longer extant). Located to the south of Delvin and immediately to the north of Killagh House (15401321).

A typical small rural corn mill and associated corn kiln, which retains its early form and character. This complex probably dates to the early nineteenth-century, a time of great prosperity in the Irish milling industry resulting from trade problems associated with the Napoleonic Wars in Central Europe. Although this complex is now derelict, it remains an important physical reminder of this prosperity and is an important element of the industrial and economic history of the area. This mill was owned by a John Heggarty, c.1850, and is recorded as a corn and tuck mill (woollen processing) with a water wheel ten feet in diameter and a water power value of £6 and 15 shillings (Valuation Office Mill Book).