Millstone quarry in Templetown, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated in the inter-tidal zone with sea-cliffs (H c. 10m) rising over it to the E. This is a rock platform of Old Red Sandstone conglomerate with four millstones in the process of being extracted (diam. 1.4-1.5m). There are two extracted but unfinished millstones nearby. Locally it is said the rising tide was used to expand wooden wedges in the rock to separate out the rough-outs, and they were floated off on barges. The date is not known, but the earliest reference is 1736 (Colfer 2004, 127-8) and it was still operating in the early 19th century (Lewis, 1837. vol. 1, 628).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX049-018

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