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Post mill at Windmill Hill is a post mill structure located in Leicestershire. Post mills of this type represent an important phase in English milling technology, with the post mill design allowing the entire mill body to rotate on a central post to catch the wind, a significant improvement over earlier fixed structures. The mill at Windmill Hill survives as evidence of the agricultural and industrial heritage of the region, reflecting the importance of wind-powered milling to medieval and post-medieval communities. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument, indicating its recognised historical and archaeological significance.
Post mill at Windmill Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008820. View the official record →
Post mill at Windmill Hill is a post mill structure located in Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008820.
Post mill at Windmill Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008820.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Croxton Abbey and associated remains (0.6 km), Bescaby shrunken medieval village (1.7 km), Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Post mill at Windmill Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Post mill at Windmill Hill stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.