Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Castlequarter (inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlequarter (inchiquin By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Windmill (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96528, -8.91098
- SMR number
- CL018-066----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low pinnacle of rock outcrop with a turlough to the S. Named ‘Windmill (in ruins)’ on the 1842 OS 6-inch map. The base of a rectangular tower survives (ext. dims. 4.55m N-S; 4.65m E-W; int. dims. 2.75m N-S; 2.5m E-W). The S wall (Wth 1.05m; int. H 0.95m, ext. H 1.3m) is best preserved and the other walls can barely be traced. This may have been a watchtower rather than a windmill given its rectangular shape, lack of doorways and very small interior. (Brew 1991, 15)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 11 July 2016
References
Brew, F. 1991 Windmill Hill in Kilkeedy. The Other Clare 15, 52.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.