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Windmill

Kiltra, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Windmill, Kiltra, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kiltra
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Windmill (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.24340, -6.74321
SMR number
WX045-023----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as a windmill in ruins. It is 19th century in date and is situated at the top of a NW-facing slope. This is a tower of three storeys (ext. diam. of base 6.5m; int. diam. of base 4.3m; H c. 7.5m) with battered or sloping sides and traces of an external render. It has opposed lintelled doorways at E (Wth 0.97m; H 1.9m) and W (Wth 0.97m; H 1.86m) with granite surrounds. The first floor was supported on corbels at N and S and has rectangular windows with granite surrounds at N and S. The second floor was supported on corbels at N and S with a recessed ledge and has rectangular windows with granite surrounds at E and W.

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: 23 July 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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