Survey Data
Reg No
15704542
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Mill (wind)
Date
1842 - 1902
Coordinates
285896, 110877
Date Recorded
06/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay three-stage tapering windmill tower, extant 1902, on a circular plan. In ruins, 1922. Roof now missing. Coursed rubble stone battered walls retaining sections of lime rendered or roughcast surface finish. Square-headed opposing door openings with cut-granite step thresholds, and rough hewn granite surrounds including rough hewn granite lintels with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings (upper stages) with rough hewn granite flush sills, and rough hewn granite surrounds with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in field.
Appraisal
The shell of a windmill tower representing an integral component of the nineteenth-century industrial heritage of south County Wexford [SMR WX045-023----].