Survey Data
Reg No
11801001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Mill (wind)
Date
1710 - 1715
Coordinates
275821, 239871
Date Recorded
20/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay two-stage cylindrical windmill tower, dated 1714, on a circular plan. In ruins, 1838. Roof now missing. Coursed rubble stone walls with inscribed cut-limestone date stone ("1714"). Square-headed opposing door openings with remains of rough cut limestone voussoirs. Square-headed "loops" (second stage) with rough cut limestone surrounds. Interior in ruins. Set on hill.
Appraisal
The shell of a windmill tower 'ERECTEd BY LEWES MOORE OF BALLINA ESqr' representing an important component of the early eighteenth-century industrial heritage of County Kildare.