Old Mill

A mill is marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636 in the townland of Coolnageer or Coolnegarry which included what is now Lysterfield townland (Simington 1949 (Athlone (233)), and it is depicted as an L-shaped building and still functioning although described as an 'old mill' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in a low-lying marshy plain on the W bank of a NE-SW stream which was probably the mill-race and c. 300m from the W shore of Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough. Only one fraction of a wall (L 5.2m; H 1.9m; T 0.8m) survives. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010