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The windmill at Ards, County Down, is a Post-Medieval structure dating from the seventeenth century. Such mills represented important infrastructure for grain processing in early modern Ulster, reflecting both agricultural development and the investment of local landowners in milling technology. The surviving remains preserve evidence of windmill construction techniques employed during this period, though the extent of original fabric requires assessment against the archaeological record for this site. Its designation as a monument of regional significance acknowledges the rarity of seventeenth-century windmill remains in Northern Ireland and their value in understanding the economic landscape of early modern plantation Ulster.
C17th windmill - ihr no. 3074 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7313. View the official record →
The windmill at Ards, County Down, is a Post-Medieval structure dating from the seventeenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7313.
C17th windmill - ihr no. 3074 dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a windmill. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
C17th windmill - ihr no. 3074 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 7313.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Church (in ruins) (2.7 km), Church, graveyard, cross slab & souterrain (2.7 km), Castleboy. tower-house (2.7 km).
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