Windmill in Hayestown Great, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a Windmill. It is situated towards the bottom of a S-facing slope of Forth Mountain. This is a cylindrical tower (ext. diam. 4.9m; int. diam. 3.05m; H c. 7m) of three storeys with opposing doorways at E and W surviving complete. There is a recess on the ground floor just S of the E doorway, and there are three windows on the upper floors. There is a storehouse c. 10m to the SE which has the date 1882 and the initials ‘PKM W’ carved on a stone in the N gable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX042-077

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