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has had a number of

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s over the centuries. They were mostly

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mills, with a few

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Ballawhane, Andreas

NX 398 012 This small mill at

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was a threshing mill built c.1870. It was derelict in 1952. In 2007, it was proposed to add the mill to the Isle of Man's Protected Buildings Register.

Mullen Guiye, Andreas

A skeletal mill was painted by J Coleman in 1899. The mill had four shuttered sails and there was a drive through the centre of the mill and then into a barn. It is probably ''Mullen Guiye'', which was a small threshing mill. The mill was still in existence in 1902.

Ballacorage, Ballaugh

SC 348 956 This small mill at

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was a threshing mill on a farm, built in 1878. It is in diameter at the base and was house converted between 1967 and 1972.

Castletown

SC 259 677 The five storey tower mill at Castletown was built in 1828. The mill drove four pairs of

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and there was a threshing mill in one of the barns attached to the mill. It was tailwinded and lost its

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shortly after completion in 1828. In August 1829, the mill was tailwinded and the sails were damaged. It was destroyed by fire on 6 January 1850. It was a ruin by 1874. The mill was used as a museum of

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from 1951 to the 1960s, thus gaining its local name of ''The Witches Mill''. It was house converted in the 1990s, with a glass roof being built within the tower. A Titt iron wind engine was erected at Castletown in May 1892, replacing a steam engine.

Ballamoar, Jurby

The mill at

Jurby Jurby ( on, djúra-bý – deer settlement - animal park) () is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located in the north-west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) in the sheading of Michael. Local ...

was mentioned in the will of Captain Thomas Christian in 1725.

Baldromma, Maughold

SC 490 913 The small tower threshing mill at

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was built c.1881. It had four common sails which rotated in a clockwise direction. The mill had no cap and there was a stage at first floor level. The mill had sails on in 1909 but these had gone by 1949. The tower has been incorporated into a modern house.

Billown Quarry, Malew

SC 269 702 This was a large iron windpump.

South Barrule, Malew

SC 270 768 This small tower mill was built c.1902 to work an incline on a gauge railway serving the slate quarry on

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Malew Malew ( ; gv, Malew) is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located in the south of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) in the sheading of Rushen. Administratively, part of the historic parish o ...

. The tower survives.

The Rhyne, Marown

The small threshing mill at

Marown Marown ( , rhymes with "gown"; gv, Marooney) is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man. It is the only landlocked parish on the Island. It is located in the centre of the island, in the sheading of Middle, though historical ...

was built c.1860. Legend states that stones from a keeill were used in the construction of the mill, and that when set in motion the mill went so fast that it shook the premises, and had to be taken down as a consequence.

Bootleyvelt, Maughold

The mill at Bootleyvelt,

, was apparently built in a tall tree. It was used for chopping gorse.

Michael

SC 318 907 The mill at

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may have been a saw or threshing mill. A five sailed mill reputedly burnt down in 1865 and was replaced by a four sailed mill.

Ballakermeen, Onchan

The mill at Ballakermeen, Onchan was a scutching and corn mill. Permission for it to be built was granted in 1755. It was in existence in the 1780s but had gone by 1790.

Ballaquane, Peel

A windmill was recorded at Peel in 1608, but had gone by 1648. Another windmill was built in 1841 and burnt down on 17 December 1847.

Lezayre Mill, Ramsey

SC 445 952 The tower mill at

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was a combined corn and saw mill. It was built by John Monk and completed on 29 August 1836. A steam engine was added as auxiliary power in 1862. It is thought that the windmill ceased to work by the end of the 1870s. The tower was diameter at the base and high The six storey tower was reduced to a two-storey base in the 1960s and the mill is now a house conversion.

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