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I came across this 18th century mill in Co. Roscommon. It has been fully restored and is the oldest working windmill in Ireland.
It is believed that this Smock Mill was erected on Beacon Hill in 1802 as the carved initials TB, 1802, standing for Thomas Beard, the owner, are to be seen on one of the original internal timbers. Further evidence of the date comes from the Sussex Weekly Advertiser of the 7th June 1802, which states that a human skeleton was discovered by workmen digging for the foundations of the windmill.
The Mill ground the corn of the village and supplied flour to the local bakers until it ceased to function in 1881. After this time it became progressively dilapidated and the village was in danger of losing their mill.
In 1923 the Marquess of Abergavenny, Lord of the Manor, granted a 99 year lease of the Mill and a small piece of land around it, to a group of important village people as Trustees for the village. The Trustees undertook “‘not to alter or detract from the picturesque appearance of the Mill and to preserve the same as an object of interest to the inhabitants and visitors to Rottingdean and district”.
When Rottingdean was absorbed into Brighton Borough in 1928, the Corporation acquired all the downland to the west side of the village from the Abergavenny estate, including the lease of the Windmill. The lease and trusteeship expire in 2021 at which time responsibility for the Mill will revert to Brighton and Hove City Council.
prepared for the storm that was predicted over Detmold (Westphalia, Germany) - just when we had arrived in the open air museum by horse drawn coach. So we could not see it in its full glory
A windy evening and a passing storm had the windmills working tonight. I shot this with the vintage Helios 4402 50mm lens.
A post mill with a 2-storey roundhouse, built in 1721 and moved to its present site in 1829. It ceased working at the outbreak of the First World War and was renovated externally in the 1980s and internally in the 1990s. Most machinery remains.
riserva della Laguna dello Stagnone di Marsala.
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sicilia -italy-
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You drive a couple of hours to shoot your selected spot and its pissing with rain. We haven't had rain in well over 4 weeks and 10 minutes down the road its dry as a bone, Good job it was dry here. Straight out of the camera and lit by drone.
Woodchurch Windmill is a fine example of a four-storey kentish smock mill on a single-storey brick base with a Kentish-style cap and winded by a fantail.
Photo © Jeremy Sage
It looks like one can find a windmill at every corner in Amsterdam. I found this one while biking around the canals.
After doing some research, I learned that it was the tallest wooden windmill in the Netherlands. Like most of them, it is not in use anymore, but still looks quite magestic.
Built in the early 1700s, this is the sole remaining Windmill on the Isle of Wight.
22nd October 2017.
Great Haseley Windmill
Another one from the little Fuji XT-2 and the 10-24mm.
My first visit to this location been meaning to go for a while now. So went last Friday evening although the forecast didn't look promising but at least I thought I can scout the location out.
But as I often say to my darling wife you never know.
And I got some lovely light for all of 2 minutes to get this shot.
One from a cold and windy day in Norfolk back in April.
Cley Windmill is a grade II listed tower mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation and is now a rather nice B&B.
The Mykonos windmills are iconic feature of the Greek island of the Mykonos. The island is one of the Cyclades islands, which neighbour Delos in the Aegean Sea. The windmills can be seen from every point of the village of Mykonos.
They were primarily used to mill wheat. They were an important source of income for the inhabitants. Their use gradually declined until they ceased production in the middle of the 20th century. Their architecture is similar. They all have a round shape, white colour and a pointed roof and very small windows. Such windmills are found in almost all Cyclades islands. One of these windmills has been transformed into a museum. The whole village of Chora and part of the harbour are visible from this point.