Discover Alone, back to main map

Rockmills

mill (water)
Rockmills
Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Detached corn mill, built 1776, extended c.1820, now in ruins. Comprises north end wall of earlier block, wheel-pit to north side, five-storey later block with pitched roof straddling wheel-pit and having two round-arched openings to west wall and single segmental-arched opening to east side. Square-headed windows throughout, except for round window to upper north gable. Two-storey building to north, connected to mill by archway, and having pitched roof. Grain-drying kiln to south-west, buitl against rock-face. Four-bay two-storey miller's house to west, now in ruins.
This substantial mill ruin is sited picturesquely on the south bank of the River Funshion. Its water-wheel is said to have been the second largest in Ireland or Britain in its time.

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places

Other information

Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit