Gwynedd Archaeological
Trust Regional Historic Environment Record
Windmill, Amlwch
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 7177 Trust : Gwynedd Community : Amlwch Unitary authority : Ynys Mon NGR : SH4485093460 Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL WINDMILL Status : Listed Building II
Description : See PRN 11793 also.
A windmill built in 1816 by the Paynter family. It was the tallest mill on Anglesey, standing over 60ft high, and was built largely of brick, with the ground floor only of stone. It stopped working in the early years of the C20th, and is now an empty shell, with only some timbers remaining of the cap frame. Archival and map evidence show that a number of buildings once clustered around the mill, though these have now all been demolished. <1>
Mona Windmill. Seven storey tower windmill for grinding corn, built in 1816 by the local, and influential, Paynter family. Formerly at the centre of a small milling complex. Rubblestone base, brick upper storeys. Some remains of timber frame for sails/fantail at top. Surrounding buildings (on 1st ed. OS) demolished and cleared. Dump of timbers with bolts etc to NE looks like remains of cap or internal fittings- should be retrieved and recorded. (Sharma, et al., 2005)
