Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Windmill
Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Elphin
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ruins of Windmill
- Latest-edition OS map
- Windmill (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.85184, -8.20550
- SMR number
- RO016-102002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Built by Edward Synge, Church of Ireland Bishop of Elphin, c. 1750 (Rynne 2006, 25). Described as in ruins on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape. A restored tower mill (int. diam. c. 4m; H c. 8m) of three storeys, with lintelled doorways (Wth 1.15m) at E and W. It is lit by small rectangular windows at the first and second floors and has a thatched roof, sails and a rotating cap. It stood on a mound (RO016-102001-) (diam. 32m E-W) defined by a fosse (Gannon 1972), but the mound is no longer visible.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Rynne, C. 2006 Industrial Ireland 1750-1930: an archaeology. Cork. The Collins Press.
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.