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Windmill

Houseland, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Windmill, Houseland, 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
Houseland
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Windmill (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.15922, -6.89139
SMR number
WX049-019----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This feature is not marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and it is situated on a SE-facing slope. Only the S portion of this conical tower survives to the top of fourth floor with opposing doorways (ext. diam. 8.7m; int. diam. 6.85m at base). This is an industrialised pre-fabricated mill imported from the United States and built c. 1890 (Colfer 2004, 57, Fig. 46 E).

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: 4 February 2014

References

Colfer, B. 2004 The Hook peninsula. Cork, University Press

Nearby in the register

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

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