Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Windmill
Templeshannon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templeshannon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Windmill (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Windmill (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.50167, -6.55352
- SMR number
- WX020-032----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked 'Windmill (in ruins)' on the 1839 and 1940 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on the summit of Vinegar Hill overlooking the N-S River Slaney c. 700m to the W and Enniscorthy town. This is a cylindrical tower (ext. diam 4.6m; int. diam. 3.4m) surviving to the first floor (H c. 4.5m). There is one doorway, rebuilt in brick, on the W side and there are three slit windows at the first floor.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
See the attached view from SW
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 6 June, 2012
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 72/1939) and it is a National Monument in state guardianship, No. 392.
Nearby in the register
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.