TheIsle of Man has had a number ofwindmills over the centuries. They were mostlythreshing mills, with a fewcorn mills.
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NX 398 01254°22′52″N4°28′05″W / 54.381°N 4.468°W /54.381; -4.468 (Ballawhane)
This small mill atAndreas was a threshing mill built c.1870.[1] It was derelict in 1952.[2] In 2007, it was proposed to add the mill to the Isle of Man's Protected Buildings Register.[3]
A skeletal mill was painted by J Coleman in 1899. The mill had fourshuttered sails and there was a drive through the centre of the mill and then into a barn.[2] It is probablyMullen Guiye, which was a small threshing mill.[1] The mill was still in existence in 1902.[4]
SC 348 95654°19′44″N4°32′31″W / 54.329°N 4.542°W /54.329; -4.542 (Ballacorage)
This small mill atBallaugh was a threshing mill on a farm, built in 1878.[1] It is 2.35 metres (7 ft 9 in) in diameter at the base and was house converted between 1967 and 1972.[2]
SC 259 67754°04′34″N4°39′47″W / 54.076°N 4.663°W /54.076; -4.663 (Castletown)
The five storey tower mill atCastletown was built in 1828. The mill drove four pairs ofmillstones and there was a threshing mill in one of the barns attached to the mill. It was tailwinded and lost itssails shortly after completion in 1828. In August 1829, the mill was tailwinded and the sails were damaged.[5] It was destroyed by fire on 6 January 1850.[6] It was a ruin by 1874. The mill was used as a museum ofwitchcraft from 1951 to the 1960s, thus gaining its local name ofThe Witches Mill. It was house converted in the 1990s, with a glass roof being built within the tower.[2]
ATitt iron wind engine was erected at Castletown in May 1892, replacing asteam engine.[7]
The mill atJurby was mentioned in the will of Captain Thomas Christian in 1725.[1]
SC 490 91354°17′42″N4°19′19″W / 54.295°N 4.322°W /54.295; -4.322 (Baldromma)
The small tower threshing mill atMaughold was built c.1881.[1] It had four common sails which rotated in a clockwise direction. The mill had no cap and there was a stage at first floor level. The mill had sails on in 1909 but these had gone by 1949. The tower has been incorporated into a modern house.[2]
SC 269 70254°05′53″N4°38′56″W / 54.098°N 4.649°W /54.098; -4.649 (Billown Quarry)
This was a large iron windpump.[2]
SC 270 76854°09′29″N4°39′04″W / 54.158°N 4.651°W /54.158; -4.651 (South Barrule)
This small tower mill was built c.1902 to work anincline on a2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway serving the slate quarry onSouth Barrule,Malew.[1] The tower survives.[2]
The small threshing mill atMarown was built c.1860.[1] Legend states that stones from akeeill were used in the construction of the mill, and that when set in motion the mill went so fast that it shook the premises, and had to be taken down as a consequence.[8]
The mill at Bootleyvelt,Maughold, was apparently built in a tall tree. It was used for choppinggorse.[1]
SC 318 90754°17′02″N4°35′06″W / 54.284°N 4.585°W /54.284; -4.585 (Michael)
The mill atMichael may have been a saw or threshing mill. A five sailed mill reputedly burnt down in 1865 and was replaced by a four sailed mill.[1]
The mill at Ballakermeen,Onchan was a scutching and corn mill. Permission for it to be built was granted in 1755. It was in existence in the 1780s but had gone by 1790.[1]
A windmill was recorded atPeel in 1608, but had gone by 1648. Another windmill was built in 1841 and burnt down on 17 December 1847.[1]
SC 445 95254°19′44″N4°23′35″W / 54.329°N 4.393°W /54.329; -4.393 (Lezayre Mill)
The tower mill atRamsey was a combined corn and saw mill. It was built by John Monk and completed on 29 August 1836. Asteam engine was added as auxiliary power in 1862. It is thought that the windmill ceased to work by the end of the 1870s. The tower was 35 feet (10.67 m) diameter at the base and 64 feet (19.51 m) high[1] The six storey tower was reduced to a two-storey base in the 1960s and the mill is now a house conversion.[2]
Kelly, Nick (1995).Manx Windmills: A contemporary Survey, 1993. Mills Research Group.ISBN 0-9509758-7-7.
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