Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Windmill
Templetown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templetown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX049-026----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Iron for the repair of the broken sail of the windmill is listed in an inventory of forfeited Templar property at Templetown in 1307 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 277), and a tower windmill is depicted on a map of Waterford Harbour by Francis Jobson dated 1591 (Colfer 2004, 57, Fig. 46A; 106, Fig. 1). It must have been a significant landmark for seafarers but it is not marked on any later map. The exact location of this windmill is not known, but from Jobson’s map it would appear to have been on the high ground S of Templetown church (WX049-008001-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 February, 2014
References
Colfer, B. 2004 The Hook peninsula. Cork, University Press