Water mill

Situated at the foot of a slope in a V-shaped stream valley. The remains of a horizontal mill, recently discovered during drainage operations. It consists of a rectangular pool, lined with wooden planks, with posts which originally supported the wheel-house. The pool was fed by a leat via a wooden 'flume' or chute, which was preserved, and a second leat brought the water back to the nearby stream. The horizontally mounted mill paddles, one of which was preserved, were turned in the stream of water. A sample of wood gave a dendrochronological date of AD 744 +/-9 (Palaeoecology Centre, QUB). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008