mill (water)

Detached three-bay single-storey mill with half-attic, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1980. Restored, 2001. Now disused. Replacement pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods with cast-iron downpipes. Repointed rubble limestone battered walls with benchmark-inscribed tooled hammered or rough hewn limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed door openings with tooled hammered limestone lintels framing replacement timber fittings. Square-headed window openings (half-attic) with hammered limestone lintels framing replacement timber fittings. Limewashed interior with cast-iron horizontal waterwheel. Set perpendicular to road.

A mill representing an important component of the industrial heritage of south County Mayo [National Monument 0664; SMR MA117-062----]: meanwhile, a benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).