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