Wind Mill, windmill in County Wexford (WX047-121----)

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What is recorded here

Situated on a level landscape, and marked as a windmill in use on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a cylindrical tower (ext. diam. 4.9m; int. diam. 2.9m) only surviving to the first floor (H 2.9m). There are opposing doorways at E and W (Wth 0.75m; H 1.7m). Projecting steps rise from the W doorway on the inner face of the wall on the S side to the upper floors. There is a bottle-shaped recess (Wth of base (1.32m; Wth of top 0.42m; H 2.2m) in the wall on the N side at the ground floor rising into the first, which would allow flour sacks to expand into it. The first floor was supported by a rebate on the N side. There are inscribed initials (PP; MM; IP) on the door jambs.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX047-121

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