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Summary

A tower mill is shown on Donn's map of 1765 map. It was demolished circa 1890. The ruins are visible on 1940s aerial phtographs.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SS30SE4
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS30SE/6
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS30SE(M)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WINDMILL (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

National Monuments Record, SS30SE4 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343897.

Unknown, 1843, Holsworthy (Cartographic). SDV337546.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Old Windmill' shown.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Ruins of a square or rectangular building visible, with a circular feature attached to the south east.

Minchinton, W., 1968 - 1970, Windmills in Devon (Article in Serial). SDV337545.

Minchinton, W. + Parsons, S., 1971 - 1973, Further Windmills in Devon, 106 (Article in Serial). SDV13006.

The windmill is marked on the Tithe Map and lower and Higher Windmill Fields are marked on the Tithe Apportionment plan.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SS30SE(M) (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV3794.

Visited on 1st November 1977. Nothing visible on the ground.

Minchinton, W., 1977, Windmills of Devon, 40 (Monograph). SDV12997.

Holsworthy windmill. A tower mill. Stood on highest land of Knapp's Farm and is shown on Donn's map of 1765. It was in ruins by 1827 and was demolished about 1890.

Goodyear, R. I., 1990, Windmill Site (Worksheet). SDV343896.

The site of an old windmill is shown on the 1885 first edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map with Windmill Road shown to the north. The Greenwood map of 1825 states that the windmill is in ruins. 'Old Windmill' is shown in the field marked as 772 on the Tithe Map on the 1883 Second Edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map.

Dick, A. M., 2006, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV337547.

The Sites & Monuments Register attributed the following to Chope, with no further reference: "The windmill was apparently in use at the time of the drawing up of the 1765 map".

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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