Tuck and Corn Mill

In pasture at bend of Saivnose river; marked 'Tuck Mill' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Three-storey mill with half-hipped roof; wheel pit (Wth 4.4m) along N elevation. Irregular shaped platform (H c. 1.2m; 9.5m x 9m) on head race side of wheel pit. To S, and sharing same head race platform, is a small single storey gable ended structure; wheel pit (Wth 1.5m) along S elevation conjoining wheel it to S; chimney in N gable. Both structure now used as farm buildings. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009