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Mill in Rusheen [burr. by.]

Mill (wind)
Mill in Rusheen [burr. by.]
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The Mill at Rusheen has doorways directly opposite each other, so the wind can still charge straight through demanding to know where everyone is. After more than a century out of business, you'd think it would have taken the hint.

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Freestanding single-bay single-stage cylindrical windmill tower, extant 1838, on a circular plan. In ruins, 1897. Coursed rubble limestone walls. Square-headed opposing door openings with rough hewn limestone lintels. Set in own grounds.
A truncated windmill tower representing an integral component of the eighteenth-century industrial heritage of County Mayo.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31308727

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