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Post mill site
The site was associated with a former post mill at Telscombe Cliffs.
Site overview
Telscombe Cliffs had a former post mill site near Saltdean. The mill has not survived as a standing structure, and no roundhouse, trestle, sails, or machinery has been confirmed at the location. The site is therefore recorded as a former windmill site only.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Telscombe Cliffs had a former post mill site near Saltdean. The mill belonged to the windmilling landscape along the downland edge east of Brighton. The standing mill has gone, and no surviving mill body, roundhouse, trestle, sails, windshaft, or machinery has been confirmed at the site.
Its construction date, final working date, and demolition history have not been established for this specific location.
Timeline
Sources and records
Windmill World Sussex windmills gazetteer
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer
Local Rottingdean and Telscombe windmill material
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer
Local Rottingdean and Telscombe windmill material