County: Waterford Site name: Pilltown Mill, Pilltown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WA037–029 Licence number: 07E0099
Author: John Tierney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects, Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork.
Site type: Possible medieval pit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 613468m, N 580178m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.973507, -7.803967
The site at Pilltown Mill, Pilltown, Kinsalebeg, is within the zone of archaeological potential for a ‘castle site’. Planning permission was sought for the renovation of a flourmill building to a dwelling house. Cartographic sources suggest that a medieval mill may have existed within the area of the development site; the current mill buildings are likely to be late 19th-century in date. Seven test-trenches were excavated on the footprint of the development by machine. A single pit was recorded in one of the trenches. It was recommended that the site be monitored during construction works and that the mill-race be left in situ.
