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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