A 19th-century windmill situated in the village of Monkton, Kent, featuring a traditional smock mill design with a white weatherboarded exterior and a distinctive cap that rotates to face the wind, housing a series of wooden beams and machinery that once powered the grinding of grain into flour.
Little local landmark - makes for scenic photos. Located on private land, but good views from a distance
Difficult to get close to this historic landmark, it is in the middle of the farmer's field with barb wire fencing around it. This type of windmill is described as "...a 9 metre high, fixed tower, surmounted by a movable cap, which supported the 4 sails. The windcap was turned into the wind by hand. The structure, built of local materials, often stone rubble, stood on an artificial mound over a stone-built vaulted chamber or cellar. The latter often extended outwards from the base of the mill and provided a third floor, which acted as a receiving and dispatching room." The interior of the old windmill tower contained brick pigeon-holes in 1954 however these had been removed by 1980 and the tower had been re-roofed with a conical slated roof. Commonly the windcap could be moved by hand to face the wind using a pole.
Strange old building on the top of a hill, can't get close for a picture
Pile of bricks...
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Little local landmark - makes for scenic photos. Located on private land, but good views from a distance
Difficult to get close to this historic landmark, it is in the middle of the farmer's field with barb wire fencing around it. This type of windmill is described as "...a 9 metre high, fixed tower, surmounted by a movable cap, which supported the 4 sails. The windcap was turned into the wind by hand. The structure, built of local materials, often stone rubble, stood on an artificial mound over a stone-built vaulted chamber or cellar. The latter often extended outwards from the base of the mill and provided a third floor, which acted as a receiving and dispatching room." The interior of the old windmill tower contained brick pigeon-holes in 1954 however these had been removed by 1980 and the tower had been re-roofed with a conical slated roof. Commonly the windcap could be moved by hand to face the wind using a pole.
Strange old building on the top of a hill, can't get close for a picture
Pile of bricks...
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