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This is a list of windmills in Wales.

Locations

Anglesey

There were 49 windmills in Anglesey, the most of any county in Wales.

See List of windmills in Anglesey.

Carmarthenshire

There was one windmill in Carmarthenshire.

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Machynys Machynys Brick & Tile Co Ltd 1900 1900

Ceredigion

There were four windmills in Ceredigion.

Conwy

There was one windmill in Conwy County Borough.

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Llandudno Melin Hen Dŵr
Tower Early 18th century

Denbighshire

There were three windmills in Denbighshire.

Flintshire

There were five windmills in Flintshire.

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Trefynnon Groes Onnen Tower Melin Trefynnon, Holywell.jpg
Whitford Melin Garreg
Tower

Glamorgan

There were twelve windmills in Glamorgan, not including the Titt engine.

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Caswell Bay
Llantrisant Y Billy Wynt
Tower Billy Wynt - geograph.org.uk - 1709398.jpg
Llantwit Major Tower
Llantwit Major Melin Frampton
Tower 1820 Llantwit Major Windmill.jpg
Monknash Melin Monknash
Tower
Radyr Titt iron wind engine 1894
Sully Hayes Farm Mill
Tower Hayes Farm Mill, Sully.jpg
Swansea Kilvey Hill Mill Tower Demolished by 1957 Windmill Ruin on Kilvey Hill (geograph 2447785).jpg
Wick Tower Wick Windmill.jpg
Wick Tower 1878 1878

Gwynedd

There were four windmills in Gwynedd

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Llanengan tower
Mynytho Melin Foel Fawr
Tower Melin Foel Fawr, Mynytho.jpg

Monmouthshire

There were two windmills in Monmouthshire.

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Llancayo Melin Llancayo
Tower 1813 Melin Llancayo, Usk.jpg
Rogiet Melin Rogiet
Tower 16th century Grade II listed in 1995 Rogiet windmill.jpg

Pembrokeshire

There were nine windmills in Pembrokeshire.

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Angle tower Early 19th century Truncated Windmill in Angle, Pembrokeshire-geograph.org.uk-3830232.jpg
Dale Dale Windmill
tower Dale Mill.jpg
Tyddewi Twr y Felin
tower 1806 Former Windmill at Twr-Y-Felin Hotel (geograph 3468670).jpg

Powys

There were two windmills in Powys.

Location Name of mill and
grid reference
Type Maps First mention
or built
Last mention
or demise
Photograph
Bettisfield Melin Bettisfield
Tower Converted to dwelling Bettisfield Windmill - geograph.org.uk - 598775.jpg
See also
  • Centre for Alternative Technology

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