Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Windmill
Townparks (st. John'S Par.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (st. John'S Par.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Windmill Stumps
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33871, -6.47424
- SMR number
- WX037-061----
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
Sixteen windmills are shown at Townparks in St. John’s parish on a 1772 map by Valency that is probably based on a lost Down Survey map (Hore 1900-11, vol. 5, 62). Two windmill stumps are depicted at a small green on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This one is at the crest of a N-facing slope at the SW corner of a small green. A masonry pillar (diam. c. 1m; H c. 3m) is at the location with a limestone plaque (dims 0.36m x 0.31m) on the W side which reads ‘Corporation boundary site of south…… old windmill’. Windmill (WX037-062----) is c. 50m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 December, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.