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The site The image below show an artist impression of how the monastery may have looked when it was in use. In 1999 During the excavations
three distinct phases Monastic orders clearly had a thorough understanding of engineering and hydrodynamics, monks at Assore Abbey in County Donegal also utilized water power to grind their grain. Other saints associated with the building of mills were, St. Seanus, St. Ciaran, St. Fechin of Fore Abbey in County Westmeath. See also Water Power in Ireland and read about engineering on a massive scale when some 1,400 years later, in 2008 a tidal electric generator was installed in Strangford Narrows. Read about tide mills on Wikipedia. Visit this site for an in-depth description and images of the excavations and findings at Nendrum. Monastic Sundial. The sundial stands on the south west corner of the church, it was used to determine the three main prayer periods terce, sext, nones
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excavated by H C Lawlor between 1922-24,
the evidence he found suggested that some of the huts may have been used
for crafts including Bronze working. Lawlor reconstructed the base of
the church, the stump of the tower and the sundial, during the excavations
he found the foundations of many circular huts, within the outer concentric
stone rings. 
of
development have been identified, the first 619 when the mill was built
the second phase has not as yet been dated, the third phase has been dendrodated
to 788. Two granite millstones 830 mm (32 inches) in diameter were recovered
the lower one intact, the upper broken, the paddles three of which were
recovered were carved from oak, it is not known how many there were in
total, it is thought there may have been as many as twenty-four.
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