1863
Windmill by Collessie recorded
An 1863 directory listed a mason at a windmill by Collessie.
Site overview
Collessie Windmill was a former windmill near Collessie in Fife. Specialist windmill records place the site at NO298142. A local conservation-area source notes an 1863 directory reference to a mason at a windmill by Collessie, but no detailed working history has been established for the coordinate-matched site.
Map
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History
Collessie Windmill was a former windmill site near Collessie in Fife. Windmill World records the site at NO298142, matching the supplied coordinate. A Fife conservation-area appraisal notes that an 1863 directory listed a mason at a windmill by Collessie.
This coordinate-matched site appears separate from Melville House Dovecot, which Trove and Canmore record further south as a dovecot apparently converted from a windmill. No construction date, mill type, machinery detail, ownership sequence, or final working date has been established for the Collessie Windmill site from the sources checked.
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Sources and records
Windmill World site entry; Fife Council conservation area appraisal; Trove / Canmore place record