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This field is known locally as ‘Muileann Iarn’ (iron mill) and suggests the former presence of a metal-working site here. There formerly were ‘holes or round openings’ in the field which the landowner’s father had filled in to improve the land. A number of pieces of slag were recovered from a field c. 440m to the NE (ITM coordinates 544754, 800975) in 2003: these are considered to have come from a blast furnace and are in the National Museum of Ireland (pers. comm. A. Halpin). There are no structures or features indicated on the OS 1st. ed. 6-inch map (surveyed 1837) in this field which would suggest that the site had long been abandoned by the early 19th century: the possibility that it dates to the 17th century cannot be ruled out.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 5 November 2012
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