Site overview

Phantassie, Windmill is a former windmill site in the Prestonkirk area of East Lothian. It should be distinguished from nearby Preston Mill, which is a preserved watermill on the River Tyne. The windmill site is recorded separately as Phantassie, Windmill.

Map

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History

Phantassie, Windmill is a recorded former windmill site near Phantassie and Preston Mill in East Lothian. The supplied site name Preston Mill relates to the nearby historic watermill, which was commercially used until 1959 and is preserved as a major East Lothian mill site. The windmill record is separate and is identified as Phantassie, Windmill.

The available evidence confirms the windmill site identity but does not establish a secure construction date, mill type, working chronology, machinery description, ownership sequence, survival condition, or final working date.

Timeline

Windmill site recorded at Phantassie

Phantassie, Windmill is recorded as a former windmill site in the Prestonkirk area of East Lothian.

Sources and records

Trove / Canmore place record; Historic Environment Scotland listed building record; National Trust for Scotland site information; Historic Ordnance Survey mapping