Windmill

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on top of Windmill Hill. The site comprises a circular tower that rises to two storeys. It is built of randomly coursed masonry (int. diam.2.8m, wall T 1.20m). There are segmental arched doorways in the NE and SW, which are rebated with bar holes. A fireplace lies to the W on the ground floor. In the SE is an inter-mural pointed recess. Stone stairs lead to first floor. The interior is lit by plain rectangular opes in NE and S sides. This windmill is probably 18th century in date but it occupies the site of an earlier windmill referred to in 1413 AD. (D'Alton 1838, 677).

Compiled by Geraldine Stout

Uploaded on: 18 January 2013

References

D'Alton, J. 1838 (Reprint 1976) The history of the county of Dublin. Cork. Tower Books.

Target Archaeological Geophysics, 2018, Geophysical Survey Report of Proposed quarry development at Windmill Hill Saggart, South County Dublin, Licence 18R0211, Unpublished report submitted to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Ní Lionáin, C. and Davis, S.R. 2014, The Prehistory of the South Dublin Uplands. Unpublished report for South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co. Councils.