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Drainage windpump operated
The mill operated as a smock windpump on the Minsmere Levels.
Site overview
The Minsmere Levels mill was a smock windpump built for drainage rather than corn milling. It stood on the low-lying coastal levels near Leiston. The mill body was removed in 1910, leaving the base as the surviving element.
The site represents one of the former drainage windmills associated with the Minsmere Levels.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
The Minsmere Levels mill was a wind-powered smock drainage mill on the coastal levels near Leiston. It worked as a windpump and formed part of the drainage landscape of the Minsmere Levels. The mill body was removed in 1910.
After the loss of the superstructure, the base remained as the principal surviving physical element of the mill site. No later restoration of a complete smock structure has been established for this location.
Timeline
1910
Mill body removed
The smock mill body was removed, leaving the base at the site.
Sources and records
Archaeology Data Service monument record
Windmill World site entry
Suffolk Mills Group windmills gazetteer
Windmill World site entry
Suffolk Mills Group windmills gazetteer