1729
Bolting house built
A bolting house was built at Pashley Down by about 1729.
Site overview
Pashley Down includes the excavated site of a sunken post mill near Eastbourne. The post-mill remains were excavated in 1968, close to the earlier bolting house and horizontal windmill site excavated in 1966 and 1967. The post-mill excavation identified a circular depression about 15 feet in diameter, retained by a chalk-and-mortar wall, with brick plinths for the cross-trees.
The site was left open for public viewing.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
The Pashley Down windmill remains near Eastbourne form part of a group of excavated wind-powered sites. A bolting house dating from about 1729 and a horizontal windmill of 1752 were excavated in 1966 and 1967. A sunken post-mill site a short distance to the north was excavated in 1968.
The post-mill remains consisted of a circular depression about 15 feet in diameter, retained by a rough chalk-and-mortar wall nearly 4 feet high. Brick plinths stood opposite each other where the cross-trees would have rested. The site was left open for public viewing after excavation.
Timeline
1752
Horizontal windmill built
A horizontal windmill designed by Thomas Mortimer of Eastbourne was built at Pashley Down in 1752.
1968
Post-mill site excavated
The sunken post-mill site at Pashley Down was excavated in 1968.
Sources and records
Windmill World: Eastbourne windmill
Sussex Mills Group: Sussex windmills
Sussex Mills Group: Sussex windmills