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Windmill, Newry and Mourne is a nineteenth-century windmill protected as a historic monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9014. The structure stands on bedrock of the Hawick Group, wacke deposits formed during the Wenlock period of the Silurian era, which provide a stable foundation across this part of County Down.
Windmills of this period were essential features of the industrial and agricultural landscape of Ulster. Built to harness wind power for grinding grain or other commercial purposes, such structures required careful siting on elevated or exposed ground to maximise wind exposure. The location at Newry and Mourne, situated in rolling terrain inland from the coast, offered suitable conditions for windmill operation.
The monument represents a significant phase in Northern Ireland's industrial heritage, when mechanical processing became central to rural and small-town economies. The survival of this windmill, despite the decline of wind-powered milling in the twentieth century, provides evidence of nineteenth-century commercial activity and technological adaptation in the Newry and Mourne district.
Windmill - ihr 03599 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9014. View the official record →
Windmill, Newry and Mourne is a nineteenth-century windmill protected as a historic monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9014.
Windmill - ihr 03599 dates from the c19th period, and is classified as a windmill. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Windmill - ihr 03599 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 9014.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rathturret. trivallate rath & possible souterrain (1.4 km), Standing stone (1.5 km), Motte (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Windmill - ihr 03599'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.
Windmill - ihr 03599 stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.