- Address
- Ballindrait
- Type
- Mill (wind)
- NIAH reg. no.
- 40834005
Ballindrait Windmill
Ballindrait
About Ballindrait Windmill
The National Inventory rates Ballindrait Windmill Regional, one of 2 in Ballindrait. Ballindrait Windmill dates from 1870–1880.
This impressive former windmill located close to the summit of Croaghan\Croghan Hill is a local landmark, dominating the landscape to the south-east of Ballindrait and to the west of Lifford. Despite being out of use for many decades, the windmill retains much of its early form and character.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 40834005 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 40834005↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Ballindrait Windmill
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Questions about Ballindrait Windmill
Is Ballindrait Windmill on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 40834005).
Can you visit Ballindrait Windmill?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Ballindrait Windmill built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1880.
Is Ballindrait Windmill protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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