Ballykeel Mill Mill Road Ballykeel Mullaghbawn Co. Armagh BT35 9TZ

Ballykeel Mill is a roadside complex of single-storey mill buildings located to the east of Mill Road, south of Ballykeel bridge in the townland of Ballykeel, Mullaghbawn. The mill pre-dates the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1835.

The complex comprises two main structures. Building A is the principal mill building of three bays, facing west with a front projection to the right. It is supplied by a mill race on higher ground to the east. The mill was originally powered by a water wheel, later replaced by a hydroelectric turbine. The remains of this water-powered turbine and associated infrastructure, including the mill race, survive beyond the building.

Building A has a natural slate pitched roof with flush dry verges and proprietary black fibre cement ridge tiles. The walls throughout are of rubblestone with no evidence of fascia boards or rainwater goods. The front elevation is stone-faced with a blank end bay. The central bay has a pair of full-height, painted, vertically sheeted timber doors. The right-hand projecting bay has a cat slide roof with raised concrete verges; it contains a full-height timber sheeted door to the left and a top-hung, painted timber framed window to the right with a stone cill. The left-hand return has a top-hung, painted timber framed window with a stone cill. Beyond, to the right-hand side, a high-level poured concrete structure supported on a concrete column terminates the mill race. A low-level roadside stone rubble wall defines an enclosure for the turbine mechanism and water discharge outlet below.

The rear elevation has three bays with a central projection defining a "T" plan form. It has a natural slate pitched roof with flush dry verges and proprietary black fibre cement ridge tiles. Rubblestone walling continues throughout with no evidence of fascia boards or rainwater goods. The left-hand side has a single square-headed window opening with natural stone head and cill, containing a single-pane painted timber frame window. The central projection has a flush verge with a single square-headed, timber framed window opening to the gable, with natural stone head and cill. The right-hand bay is blank. The north-facing elevation has a flush verge and a high-level single square-headed window opening with natural stone head and cill. The rear projection on the north facing elevation has a full-height, vertically sheeted timber door to the left. Evidence of built-in stone quoins appears on external corners. The south elevation is dominated by the concrete cast high-level mill race structure to the east, terminating at the point of contact with the turbine.

Building B to the north is a detached single-storey block with its front gable facing west. It is connected to Building A by a double metal gate and high rubble walling. The west-facing gable to the roadside has a natural slate pitched roof with raised concrete verges and proprietary black fibre cement ridge tiles. Rubblestone walling continues throughout with no evidence of fascia boards or rainwater goods. The south-facing elevation has a full-height vertically sheeted door and to its left a single square-headed window opening with natural stone head and cill, containing a one-over-one timber sliding sash window. The rear elevation has a centrally positioned single square-headed window of the same type.

The complex sits on the roadside with a grass verge. The asymmetrical alignment of the stone-faced buildings, walls, and gates creates a rustic character that complements its rural location.