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Windmill stump is a nineteenth-century windmill located near Down in County Down, Northern Ireland. The monument survives as a substantial stump, the truncated remains of a structure that once exploited the wind resources of this elevated location. The site sits on Hawick Group bedrock, a Wenlock-age wacke that provides a stable foundation characteristic of this period of industrial milling development across the region.
The windmill represents an important phase in the mechanisation of grain processing during the industrial era. Constructed on terrain typical of east County Down, the surviving stonework demonstrates the practical engineering solutions applied to windmill construction in nineteenth-century Ulster. The wacke bedrock beneath, formed during the Palaeozoic era, had been quarried locally for building materials throughout the medieval and early modern periods before becoming the foundation for this industrial monument.
The stump is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 8376. Its location at grid reference J48945 38854 preserves evidence of the region's milling heritage and the technological developments that transformed agricultural processing in nineteenth-century Ireland. Though reduced to its base, the structure remains a tangible record of industrial practice and settlement patterns in this part of County Down.
Windmill stump (c.f. ihr 3454 for details) is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8376. View the official record →
Windmill stump is a nineteenth-century windmill located near Down in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8376.
Windmill stump (c.f. ihr 3454 for details) 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 stump (c.f. ihr 3454 for details) 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 8376.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A.p. site - barrow? (1.6 km), Tower-house (1.8 km), Motte & bailey (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Windmill stump (c.f. ihr 3454 for details)'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 stump (c.f. ihr 3454 for details) stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.