List of windmills in Wales

This is a list of windmills in Wales.

Locations

Anglesey

There were 49 windmills in Anglesey, the most of any county in Wales.^[1]

See List of windmills in Anglesey.

Carmarthenshire

There was one windmill in Carmarthenshire.

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Machynys	Machynys Brick & Tile Co Ltd[2]			1900[2]	1900[2]

Ceredigion

There were four windmills in Ceredigion.^[1]

Conwy

There was one windmill in Conwy County Borough.^[1]

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Llandudno	Melin Hen Dŵr SH 804 812	Tower[3]		Early 18th century[3]

Denbighshire

There were three windmills in Denbighshire.^[1]

Flintshire

There were five windmills in Flintshire.^[1]

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Trefynnon	Groes Onnen	Tower[3]
Whitford	Melin Garreg SJ 1336 7826	Tower[1]

Glamorgan

There were twelve windmills in Glamorgan,^[1] not including the Titt engine.

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Caswell Bay[4]
Llantrisant	Y Billy Wynt ST 042 835	Tower[3]
Llantwit Major	SS 9614 6856	Tower[1]
Llantwit Major	Melin Frampton SS 972 693	Tower[3]		1820[3]
Monknash	Melin Monknash SS 919 706	Tower[3]
Radyr		Titt iron wind engine		1894[5]
St Donats		Tower			Standing in 1815
Sully	Hayes Farm Mill ST 1410 6789	Tower[1]
Swansea	Kilvey Hill Mill[6]	Tower[6]			Demolished by 1957[6]
Wick	SS 9258 7199	Tower[1]
Wick	SS 924 721	Tower[3]	1878	1878[3]

Gwynedd

There were four windmills in Gwynedd^[1]

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Llanengan	SH 297 275	tower[3]
Mynytho	Melin Foel Fawr SH 305 320	Tower[3]

Monmouthshire

There were two windmills in Monmouthshire.^[1]

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Llancayo	Melin Llancayo SO 365 030	Tower[3]		1813[3]
Rogiet	Melin Rogiet ST 455 883	Tower[3]		16th century[3]	Grade II listed in 1995[7]

Pembrokeshire

There were nine windmills in Pembrokeshire.^[1]

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Angle	SM 8668 0190	tower		Early 19th century[3]	Truncated[1]
Dale	Dale Windmill SM 809 062	tower[1]
Tyddewi	Twr y Felin SM 758 251	tower[3]		1806

Powys

There were two windmills in Powys.^[1]

Location	Name of mill and grid reference	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Bettisfield	Melin Bettisfield SJ 472 349	Tower[3]			Converted to dwelling

See also

• Centre for Alternative Technology

Maps

• 1878 Ordnance Survey

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

References

1. Gerallt D Nash. "Welsh corn mills – the past, present, … and future?" (PDF). ads.ahds.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
2. "Machynys". Llanelli History. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
3. "Windmills of Wales". Windmill World. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
4. "Caswell". welshwales.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
5. Major, J Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
6. Skilton, Charles (1957). British Windmills and Watermills. London: Collins. p. 32.
7. "Old Windmill, Rogiet, Monmouthshire".