Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Windmill
Hayestown Great, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hayestown Great
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Windmill
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.31184, -6.53402
- SMR number
- WX042-077----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a Windmill. It is situated towards the bottom of a S-facing slope of Forth Mountain. This is a cylindrical tower (ext. diam. 4.9m; int. diam. 3.05m; H c. 7m) of three storeys with opposing doorways at E and W surviving complete. There is a recess on the ground floor just S of the E doorway, and there are three windows on the upper floors. There is a storehouse c. 10m to the SE which has the date 1882 and the initials ‘PKM W’ carved on a stone in the N gable.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 27 May, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Standing stone1 mi
- Windmill1 mi
- Castle - unclassified1 mi
- Moated site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.