Mourneside Walk, Liskey Road, Liggartown, Sion Mills

Set of iron and timber sluice gates, erected c.1890 on the west bank of the Mourne river, just north of a stone weir, formerly serving Sion Mills. The north sluice spans the mill race by approximately 10 metres, with a further sluice to the east allowing the mill race to flow into the Mourne river, and having a span of approximately 4 metres. Each sluice is constructed of large vertical timber beams with cast-iron cappings, and horizontal timbers forming a gate between the vertical beams. A horizontal beam is supported by a series of timber console brackets which supports the cast-iron rack and pinion gears. The smaller sluice to the east has a cast-iron frame with a pair of S-shaped cast-iron brackets laid into the river bed. Both gates now have walkways, steel grid to the east gate and bitmac to the north gate. Rubblestone walling flanks the east gate.