1800–1830
Possible early nineteenth-century windmill built
Dumbarrow - Windmill Tower may date from the early nineteenth century.
Site overview
Dumbarrow - Windmill Tower is a tall former windmill tower at Dumbarrow, near Kirkden. The structure is about 60 feet high and 18 feet in diameter. It is built of rubble, has a graduated form and a cantilever platform, but the windmill workings have been removed.
Map
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History
Dumbarrow - Windmill Tower is a former windmill tower at Dumbarrow in the parish of Kirkden, Angus. The tower is a prominent landmark, about 60 feet high and about 18 feet in diameter. It is built of rubble and has a graduated profile with a cantilever platform.
The windmill workings have been removed. The structure may date from the early nineteenth century and was shown as a windmill site on nineteenth-century mapping. The tower was listed on 11 June 1971.
No detailed machinery inventory, ownership sequence, working chronology, or final working date has been established from the sources checked.
Timeline
1859
Windmill shown on nineteenth-century mapping
Dumbarrow Mill was shown as a tower windmill on nineteenth-century mapping.
1971
Listed building designation
Dumbarrow - Windmill Tower was listed on 11 June 1971.
Sources and records
Historic Environment Scotland listed building record; Trove / Canmore place record; Regional Historic Environment Record; Historic Ordnance Survey mapping