Survey Data
Reg No
15704530
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Mill (wind)
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
283776, 111727
Date Recorded
06/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay three-stage cylindrical windmill tower, extant 1840, on a circular plan. In ruins, 1922. Roof now missing. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls. Square-headed opposing door opening with no fittings surviving. Square-headed "arrow loop" or "gun loop" openings (upper stages) with rough hewn granite surrounds. Interior in ruins. Set back from line of road in field.
Appraisal
The ivy-enveloped shell of a windmill tower representing an integral component of the eighteenth-century industrial heritage of south County Wexford [SMR WX045-073----].