Duncow, Windmill
Windmill (17th Century)
Site Name Duncow, Windmill
Classification Windmill (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Castlehill Farm
Canmore ID 65849
Site Number NX98SE 40
NGR NX 97411 83772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65849
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmahoe
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98SE 40 97411 83772.
(NX 9741 8377) The stump of a tower windmill, some 30 ft high, ground diameter 20 ft, tapering to about 12 ft, stands about 1/2 mile NE of Duncow House. The structure is massive, built of sandstone rubble. There are two doors, one of which has been blocked up. This is a good example of an early tower mill, dating from the late 17th or early 18th centuries; it is in good condition, though open to the weather.
I L Donnachie and N K Stewart 1967.
(Location cited as NX 974 838). Duncow, late 17th to early 18th century. The squat tapering rubble stump of a tower windmill.
J R Hume 1976.
Roofless, 4-storey, battered circular shell of tower windmill. Rubble built, with red ashlar dressings. Original south-facing door now blocked; mid/later 19th century door faces north; other openings at each level all blocked. Flooring all removed.
Described as "ruins" on 1st end OS (1855); the north door may date from a restoration shortly after then. (Historic Scotland)
