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The terrier accompanying the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of ‘St Patricks Parish’ (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) notes, ‘In Drackland is a Castle well repaired a strong Bawn and a good mill’. The proprietors in 1640 are listed as ‘David & Jo. Rooth’.
The mill is not indicated on the parish map, however, it is likely to have been located on the W bank of the Breagagh River, along the portion that corresponds with the mid-17th-century townland boundary of Drakesland, which includes Drakeland Lower townland and the NE portion of Poulgour townland. The precise location of the mill is unknown within these two townlands.
See attached extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) terrier accompanying the parish map of ‘St Patricks Parish’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 September 2020
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