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Site Gazetteer SITE GAZETTEER Ordered by OFIAR number Site no OFIAR-001-002 County Offaly Townland Moyally; {Parkwood} Town Planning Offaly CC Discovery map 48 Six-inch map 1 Summary Site of 18th/early 19th century water-powered grain mill and kiln on tributary of the Gageborough River. History A corn mill and kiln are explicitly cited on the 1838 OS six-inch map. The site is described as a corn mill in the 1840s Mill Valuation book and was worked by Daniel Byrne. It had a 16ft x 3ft 10in waterwheel to two pairs of stones. The mill is cited in the 1854 Griffith Valuation under Samuel Collins. It probably stopped in the later 1800s as it is not cited on the 1884 or 1909 OS maps. It may originally have been associated with the flour mill to the west (OFIAR/001/003). Component OFIAR-001-002 1 Type Grain kiln; Grain mill (water) Function Grain milling Category Food processing & products Context Industry Irish Grid 221788 238617 +/- 10m Survey date 10/06/2003 Surveyor Fred Hamond Building Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Waterworks Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Plant Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Machinery Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Description Site of corn mill and kiln on minor tributary of the Gageborough River. It stood in what is now a car park east of ‘The Well’ public house, on the north side of main Moate-Kilbeggan road. The watercourse to the headrace is canalised hereabouts and its sides are lined with stones. The actual head and tail races are both infilled and there is no plant or machinery. Interest None Evaluation No industrial heritage significance. Rating Record only Protection Action Associated with OFIAR-001-003? Other dbase References Valuation Mill Book, 1840s. Reproduced by Hogg, W. The Millers and Mills Page(s) of Ireland c.1850 (Dublin, 2000). Site no OFIAR-001-003 Marchbrook Mill County Offaly Townland Moyally; {Parkwood} Town Planning Offaly CC Discovery map 48 Six-inch map 1 Summary Ruinous traces of 18th/early 19th century water-powered grain mill to rear of The Well public house (formerly Marchbrook House). On tributary of Gageborough River. History Marshbrook Mill is explicitly cited at this location on the 1838 OS six-inch map. It may have been associated with a corn mill a short distance to its east (OFIAR/001/002). It appears to have stopped soon afterwards as it not cited in the 1840s Mill Valuation Book or in the 1854 Griffith Valuation. It is shown but not captioned on the 1884 and 1909 maps. Component OFIAR-001-003 1 Type Grain mill (water) Function Grain milling Category Food processing & products Context Industry Irish Grid 221725 238627 +/- 10m Survey date 10/06/2003 Surveyor Fred Hamond Building Remains Some remains Condition Poor Use Disused Waterworks Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Plant Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Machinery Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Description Ruinous remains of 18th/19th century grain mill on minor tributary of the Gageborough River, behind ‘The Well’ public house, on the north side of main Moate- Kilbeggan road. Buildings The mill is of L-plan, two storeys high at NW but generally reduced to a single storey; its original height and number of bays are now indeterminate. The walls are of random rubble. No original openings survive apart from an infilled semi-elliptical brick-headed doorway in an internal party wall. The adjacent Well public house was formerly Marshbrook House. It is a four-storey/ three-bay building with hipped replacement artificial slate roof, painted rendered walls and 6/6 sash windows. Later extensions abut its west, north and east elevations. Waterworks, plant and machinery The watercourse which supplied the headrace is canalised hereabouts and its sides are lined with stones. There is now no visible evidence of the head and tail races, or of any plant or machinery. Interest None Evaluation No special industrial heritage significance. Rating Record only Protection Action Associated with OFIAR-001-002? Other dbase References OFIAR-001-003_01 FWH 10/06/2003 Looking west up canalised section of river to north of mill. OFIAR-001-003_02 FWH 10/06/2003 Marchbrook House from south-east. Site no OFIAR-002-006 County Offaly Townland Cappydonnell Little Town Planning Offaly CC Discovery map 48 Six-inch map 2 Summary Ruinous remains of 18th/early 19th water-powered corn mill and kiln in farmyard to south of main Moat-Kilbeggan Road. On Gageborough River. History A corn mill and kiln are cited at this location in the 1838, 1884 and 1910 OS six-inch maps. It is described as a corn mill in the 1840s Mill Valuation book and was operated by Timothy Buckley. It had a 10ft x 3ft waterwheel to two sets of stones. In 1854 it was worked by Joseph Hackett. Component OFIAR-002-006 1 Type Grain kiln; Grain mill (water) Function Grain milling Category Food processing & products Context Industry Irish Grid 227523 238255 +/- 10m Survey date 10/06/2003 Surveyor Fred Hamond Building Remains Some remains Condition Poor Use Disused Waterworks Remains Substantial remains Condition Fair Use Disused Plant Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Machinery Remains Traces Condition Fair Use Disused Description Ruinous remains of 18th/19th century corn mill and kiln on minor tributary of the Gageborough River, just north of farmhouse down a laneway off main Moate- Kilbeggan road immediately west of Horseleap. Buildings The remains comprise a multi-bay range aligned NW-SE on a south-facing slope. The mill itself has been reduced to foundation level except for the waterwheel section, enclosed in a partly truncated two-storey/single-bay section with random rubble walls. The east wall of the waterwheel section is abutted by a two-storey store with replacement pitched corrugated metal roof. The kiln was probably incorporated in this block, but has also been reduced to foundation level. Square-headed window and door openings, where they exist. Immediately south of the mill complex is a refurbished two-storey farmhouse (undoubtedly the former mill house) with artificial slate roof, rendered walls and uPVC windows. Waterworks, plant and machinery Water still flows through the waterwheel pit and bypass channel to east. The tailrace is culverted under the yard between the mill and house. The waterwheel does not survive but a one-piece conglomerate runner stone 107cm diameter (3ft 6in) lies against a nearby outbuilding. Interest None Evaluation No special industrial heritage significance. Rating Record only Protection Action Associated with Other dbase References Valuation Mill Book, 1840s. Reproduced by Hogg, W. The Millers and Mills Page(s) of Ireland c.1850 (Dublin, 2000). OFIAR-002-006_01 FWH 10/06/2003 General view from south-west. The waterwheel was housed in the overgrown section left of the roofed store at right. OFIAR-002-006_02 FWH 10/06/2003 South-east gable of mill-related store; refurbished farmhouse at left. OFIAR-002-006_03 FWH 10/06/2003 One-piece conglomerate millstone (30cm scale). Site no OFIAR-002-010 County Offaly Townland Ballicknahee Town Planning Offaly CC Discovery map 48 Six-inch map 2 Summary Possible site of late 19th/early 20th century windmill of unknown function. History Cited in the 1910 OS six-inch map as The Windmill, but not shown or captioned on earlier editions. The absence of this mill from the 19th century OS maps and Griffith valuation suggests that it is a early 20th century erection or a fanciful local place name. Component OFIAR-002-010 1 Type Mill (wind) Function Unknown Category Unknown Context Industry Irish Grid 228677 234792 +/- 10m Survey date 10/06/2003 Surveyor Fred Hamond Building Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Waterworks Remains N/A Condition N/A Use N/A Plant Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Machinery Remains No visible remains Condition N/A Use N/A Description Possible site of 19th century windmill in middle of an Early Christian ringfort on a south facing slope a short distance south of summit of Ballard Hill; it is approached via a lane from a farm at Cappanamorath, 1km to the SW. No trace of any structure is now evident. Interest None Evaluation No industrial heritage significance. Rating Record only Protection Action Associated with Other dbase References OFIAR-002-010_01 FWH 10/06/2003 Looking north to tree ring around perimeter of ring fort. OFIAR-002-010_02 FWH 10/06/2003 Looking north across interior of ring fort. Site no OFIAR-002-014 County Offaly Townland Tully (Kilcoursey By, Town Ardarcher or Horseleap Par); {Tully (Kilcoursey By, Kilmanagh Parish)} Planning Offaly CC Discovery map 48 Six-inch map 2 Summary Substantial remains of 18th/early 19th century tuck mill, now converted into a house and outbuilding. On tributary of Gageborough River. History A woollen factory is cited at this location in the 1838 and 1884 and OS six-inch maps. It is described as a woollen factory in the 1840s Mill Valuation book and was operated by John Gibbons. It had a massive 30ft x 6ft high breastshot waterwheel. Along with the wheel at Garrycastle Mill (OFIAR-029-011), this was the largest diameter wheel in the county at this time. The wheel powered six fulling stocks used to shrink and wash the cloth after it was woven. In 1854 the factory was still operated by John Gibbons and had a relatively high rateable valuation of £60 (including a house and offices).
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