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Brickyard tower built
A small wind-powered tower was built at Cawood Common for brickyard use.
Site overview
Cawood Common Small Brickyard Tower was a wind-powered structure associated with a brickmaking site near Cawood Common. The structure is recorded as a small brickyard tower rather than an ordinary corn mill. Its construction date, working arrangements and later survival history have not been established in detail.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Cawood Common Small Brickyard Tower was associated with a brickmaking site near Cawood Common. The structure was a small wind-powered tower, probably connected with brickyard operations rather than cereal milling. Its detailed construction date, machinery and period of working remain uncertain.
The surviving site record preserves the location of the former tower, but no fuller operational sequence has been established.
Timeline
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Historic Ordnance Survey mapping
Mills Archive mill record
Historic Ordnance Survey mapping