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Windmill in Rath

Windmill

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Marked on Taylor and Skinner's map (1783) just N of the Duncormick to Bannow road (Andrews, 1969, 151) and is described as a 'Windmill' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map. It is situated on a fairly level landscape. This is a conical tower (ext. diam. of base 9.65m; int. diam. 7.25m) of three floors with opposing doorways at E and W. surviving complete to a height of c. 7m. It has no surviving internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX046-082

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Pam Brophy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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