What is recorded here

Prucklish and Carrickmoyragh still hide the circular tower, conical roof and four sails drawn on the Down Survey maps. It stood on a low rise, turning wind into meal while people watched from nearby fields. The exact spot has been lost, but the shape remains memorable: a small white column catching the sky at the edge of Longford.

A windmill is depicted on Petty's (1685) map of county Longford. It appears to be the same one that is shown on the Down Survey (1655-6) maps of Longford barony and Clongish parish (NLI, MS 719). On the parish map it is depicted as a circular tower, with a conical roof and four sails, standing on a low rise or mound. Its precise location has not been identified. The parish map would suggest it was located in Carrickmoyragh townland but the barony map suggests either Carrickmoyragh or Prucklish townlands (Mimnagh 2010, 384). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 7 February 2013

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