Nendrum Monastery mill

Nendrum Monastery mill

The Nendrum Monastery mill was a tide mill on an island in Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. It is the earliest excavated tide mill, dating from 787. Its millstones are 830mm in diameter and the horizontal wheel is estimated to have developed 7/8HP at its peak. Remains of an earlier mill dated at 619 were also found.

Further reading

  • McErlean, T. & Crothers, N.: “Harnessing the Tides: The Early Medieval Tide Mills at Nendrum Monastery, Strangford Lough”, 2007, The Stationery Office, UK, ISBN 0337088772
  • Rynne, Colin: Milling in the 7th Century – Europe’s earliest tide mills, in: Archaeology Ireland 6, 1992

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Coordinates: 54°30′00″N 5°38′49″W / 54.500°N 5.647°W / 54.500; -5.647



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