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Wind Mill — Ballyseskin

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Overview

Wind Mill — Ballyseskin is recorded as Windmill in Wexford. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a windmill. A mill at Ballyseskin was owned by George Chevers in 1640 (Simington 1943, 134, 163), but it is not known if it was a windmill.

Who lived here and when

The saved account records: The letters ‘I’ and ‘ID’ are incised on the S side of the W door frame, and the date 174 (?9) is inscribed on a stone over the E doorway.

Homes and daily life

The saved account records: A mill at Ballyseskin was owned by George Chevers in 1640 (Simington 1943, 134, 163), but it is not known if it was a windmill.

What was found

The saved account records: of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a windmill.

Why it ended

The saved account records: This is a cylindrical tower of three storeys (ext.

Why it mattered

Wind Mill — Ballyseskin matters because the source ties windmill to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: 2.8m) with opposing doorways at E (Wth 0.67m

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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