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Tower remains survive
The roofless rubble-stone tower remains survive to about five metres with visible doorway, window openings, and an upper-floor beam slot.
Site overview
Windmill Remains near Bryn Felin are the remains of a large stone windmill tower north-north-east of Llanengan. The surviving structure is probably nineteenth-century and is built as a circular rubble-stone tower with walls tapering upwards. The tower is roofless and partly collapsed, standing to about five metres.
It retains a tall and wide northern doorway with a stone lintel, a large partly blocked upper window on the south side, and a small lower north-eastern window with a stone lintel. A beam slot for an upper floor survives, with the fabric more substantially intact on the south side. The remains were listed at Grade II in 1971 as a prominent landmark and one of the few surviving windmill towers in the region.
Map
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History
Windmill Remains near Bryn Felin stand about 700 metres north-north-east of Llanengan, near the lane running west from the road to Abersoch towards Craigfryn farm. The structure represents a former windmill within the historic milling landscape of the Llŷn Peninsula.
The surviving tower is probably nineteenth-century. It is built of rubble stone and is circular in plan, with walls tapering upwards. The remains are roofless and partly collapsed, now rising to about five metres. The visible openings include a tall and wide northern doorway with a stone lintel above, a large partly blocked upper window on the south side, and a small lower-level north-eastern window with a stone lintel. A beam slot for an upper floor survives, and the tower fabric is more substantially intact on the south side.
The site is protected as a Grade II listed building. Its special interest lies in the survival of a prominent windmill tower in a region where such remains are relatively scarce.
Timeline
1800–1899
Windmill tower built
The surviving large stone windmill tower is probably nineteenth-century.
1971
Listed building designation
Windmill Remains near Bryn Felin were designated as a Grade II listed building.
Sources and records
Cadw listed building record
Welsh Mills Society listed windmills gazetteer
British Listed Buildings entry
Welsh Mills Society listed windmills gazetteer
British Listed Buildings entry