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Windmill stump listed
To North Of Helzie, Windmill Stump was designated as a Category C listed building.
Site overview
To North Of Helzie, Windmill Stump stands north of Helzie at Rapness on Westray. It is the remains of a windmill stump and is associated with the Orkney post-mill tradition rather than a full tower mill.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
To North Of Helzie, Windmill Stump is a former windmill stump north of Helzie at Rapness on Westray in Orkney. The site is associated with a post mill and appears in Orkney windmill records as Helzie, Rapness. The surviving remains are a windmill stump set in open ground overlooking the Rapness landscape.
The building is listed at Category C. No secure construction date, machinery description, ownership sequence, full working chronology, or final operating date has been established.
Timeline
1901
Helzie windmill recorded
Helzie, Rapness is associated with a windmill record in 1901.
Sources and records
Historic Environment Scotland listed building record; Trove / Canmore place record; Orkney Sites and Monuments Record; Scottish Windmills: A Survey; Orkney industrial heritage report