Overview
Windmill (Corn) (Disused) — Fence is recorded as Windmill in Wexford. This mill is situated on a level landscape, and has the date 1846 inscribed on the lintel of its E doorway. It was built by James Moran, a millwright who had trained in Holland, and he made and installed all the wooden parts.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: This mill is situated on a level landscape, and has the date 1846 inscribed on the lintel of its E doorway.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: This was one of about five working mills in Co. Wexford by 1911, but it was roofless by the 1930’s when it was acquired by Gerald Murphy, who replaced damaged parts of the machinery with iron parts from Ballyfane windmill (WX053-080----) and had the building re-thatched.
What was found
The saved account records: The remains of the corn-drying kiln are nearby.
Why it ended
The saved account records: It was built by James Moran, a millwright who had trained in Holland, and he made and installed all the wooden parts.
Why it mattered
Windmill (Corn) (Disused) — Fence matters because the source ties windmill to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: As the last intact windmill in the country it was conserved as a National Monument in the 1950s (Tacumshane Windmill).
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