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The Witches Mill

Archaeology

The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 large scale mapping of 1867 shows a windmill tower at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation 'Windmill (Ruins)'. 


The tower currently extends from a half-basement to five storeys, but it is not clear if this was its full working height, as it was for many years roofless.  The lower part of the tower is built from limestone, but the three uppermost floors are substantially but irregularly rendered: it is not immediately clear if this reflects a reconstruction following the 1860s when the OS described it as ruinous.


The mill complex is extensive and, as well as immediately contiguous buildings to NW and SE, includes a separate range of structures reaching along the NW side of the curtilage as far as the highway.  The roadside structure has the proportions and appearence of a storage building and is today known as the granary, presumably reflecting its former purpose.  


The mill dates from at least the 1820s. 


The entire complex has been converted to residential use.


The tower and immediately adjacent buildings to NW and SE have been inscribed in the Protected Buildings Register (No. 76)

Castletown, Arbory Street

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: Malew
  • Sheading: Rushen
  • Grid Ref: SC2591367647

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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