Reg No
15705212
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Mill (wind)
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
301115, 107141
Date Recorded
21/09/2007
Date Updated
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Freestanding single-bay three-stage conical windmill tower, dated ----; extant 1840, on a circular plan. In use, 1911. Disused, 1922. Now in ruins. Roof now missing. Creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered or roughcast battered walls. Square-headed opposing door openings including one square-headed door opening below overgrown date stone ("----") with overgrown thresholds, and concealed timber beam lintels with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings (upper stages) with concealed dressings including rough hewn lintels. Interior in ruins retaining timber beams (top stage). Set in unkempt grounds.
The ivy-enveloped shell of a windmill tower representing an integral component of the industrial heritage of south County Wexford [SMR WX052-035----].