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Castlequarter (Inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Structure, Castlequarter, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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