Survey Data

Reg No

15704737


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural


Original Use

Mill (wind)


Date

1745 - 1750


Coordinates

299715, 107648


Date Recorded

19/09/2007


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding single-bay three-stage cylindrical windmill tower, dated 1749, on a circular plan. In use, 1840. In ruins, 1903. Roof now missing. Coursed rubble stone walls retaining sections of lime rendered or roughcast surface finish. Square-headed opposing door openings with rough hewn rubble stone lintels. Square-headed window openings (upper stages) with rough hewn rubble stone lintels. Interior in ruins. Set in relandscaped grounds.

Appraisal

The shell of a windmill tower representing an integral component of the mid eighteenth-century industrial heritage of south County Wexford [SMR WX047-043----].