Water mill — horizontal-wheeled in Bealad East

In boggy pasture, to the E of a stream, in the S portion of an irregularly shaped field. The remains of a horizontal-wheeled mill were discovered during reclamation work carried out here in 1990. The remains comprised a well-preserved wooden penstock (L 3.5m; max. Wth 0.7m; H 0.5m) and an irregularly shaped wooden plank (L 1.3m; max. Wth 0.3m) with three evenly spaced bores situated lengthwise towards one end. The penstock was rebated along both sides, possibly indicating that the penstock was covered with a lid. Some damage had occurred to the splayed end of the penstock, probably during the drainage work. A small area of ground by the waters edge was covered by a large number of cobbles that appeared to be deliberately laid. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009