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On a prominent rise overlooking Skerries. It is a five-storey, tapering tower (int. diam.4.5m) with diametrically opposed entrances at north and south and three pairs of windows in the east and in the southwest. The 'Great' Windmill' measures c.15m in height; diam. sail c.20m. It was originally built as a four-sail windmill but following a fire c.1844 was transformed into a 5 sail shuttered (Ní Ghabhláin 1987). Contains two pairs of grinding stones and hoist. There is a pair of millstones on the spindle in the interior. Shown in a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. No trace of this today except for a scarped ridge. Probably constructed as a track for the tail pole (Ní Ghabhláin 1987, 30). Possibly occupies the site of a windmill mentioned in lease of monastic lands of Holmpatrick to Sir Thomas of Baggotrath in 1578 (D'Alton 1976 (2nd edition) 225). Restored by Fingal County Council.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 14 November 2014
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