Not run of the mill: Rineen, West Cork. €165,000

Hug the scenic and wooded coastline between Union Hall and Castletownshend, in West Cork, and there’s every chance you’ll stumble across Rineen.

Given the warren of roads, there’s every chance you’ll miss it, too.

At the muddy, estuarine end of the long inlet between famed Castletownshend and Reen, the place was, in previous centuries, home to a hard-working grain mill, associated down the years with several wealthy Cork families. Now, the tall stone mill is derelict, full of romantic hopes of restoration: it’s for sale for €160,000, on 3.5 acres with water frontage.