1700–1799
Eighteenth-century windmill tower built
The windmill tower at Cannee Farm Steading is of eighteenth-century date.
Site overview
Cannee Farm Steading includes a three-storey circular rubble windmill tower with four string courses. The tower is reputed to have been a wind-powered cider press or mill and also had a dovecot function.
Map
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History
Cannee Farm Steading includes a former windmill tower near Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway. The tower is a three-storey circular rubble structure with four string courses and is unusual because of its double function as a windmill tower and dovecot. It is reputed to have been a wind-powered cider press or mill, and the presence of a large nearby orchard supports the association with cider production.
The windmill is not marked as a windmill on the first edition Ordnance Survey maps, and its exact original working function remains uncertain. The steading was listed on 4 November 1971. No detailed machinery description, ownership sequence, working chronology, or final operating date has been established.
Timeline
1971
Listed building designation
Cannee Farm Steading was listed on 4 November 1971.
Sources and records
Historic Environment Scotland listed building record; Trove / Canmore place record; Hume industrial archaeology record; Scottish Windmills: An Outline and Inventory