What is recorded here

The mill stood at the cliff’s edge in County Galway, forcing falling water to drive a horizontal wheel before falling into the sea. Its drystone walls still bridge the narrow stream, marking the exact place where the building caught the descent. The mill was already quiet in the 1680s, but the stones preserve the shape of that violent, useful motion.

To SW of the larger lake and c. 100m SW of the oratory (GA021-026014-). What survives are the drystone foundations of walls on either side of a small stream at the point where it runs over the cliff edge. Rectangular in plan (L > 6.9m, Wth c. 4.4m), these straddle the stream which at this point is channelled through a narrow gap (Wth 1m). Though described by Macalister (1896a, 204) and Herity (1977, 60) as a 'mill-dam', it is more likely to be the remains of a horizontal mill. Some 18m upstream towards the lake are traces of a possible dam comprising a line of boulders (L c. 4m) straddling the stream. Already in disuse by 1680s (Hardiman 1846, 115). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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