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Smock mill recorded at March
A smock mill was recorded at March as part of the town's former windmill landscape.
Site overview
March smock mill was a former windmill site in the Cambridgeshire fenland town of March. The site is identified as a smock mill, and photographic references record it in derelict condition with stocks and fragments of two sails. The surviving record is strongest for the mill's late physical condition rather than its construction or working life.
It preserves the site as part of March's former wind-powered milling landscape.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
March smock mill was one of the former windmill sites associated with the fenland town of March. The mill is identified as a smock mill, a timber-bodied form distinct from the brick tower mills also recorded in the area. Its working purpose is not separately detailed in the surviving summary, but the site belongs to the historic windmill group of March and the surrounding Cambridgeshire fenland.
The clearest physical record is from the mill's derelict phase. Photographic references describe the smock mill with its stocks still present and fragments of two sails surviving. That late condition indicates that the mill retained recognisable windmill fabric after its working life had declined. The present site is recorded as a former mill site rather than a complete standing windmill.
Timeline
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Derelict mill with sail fragments
The smock mill was photographed in derelict condition with stocks and fragments of two sails.
Sources and records
Guy Blythman Windmill Photographic Register addenda
Mills Archive photographic references
Mills Archive photographic references