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Mill in Ballyseskin

Mill (wind)
Mill in Ballyseskin
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What is recorded here

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----].

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15704737

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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