Drinkstone Post Mill

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Drinkstone Post Mill by Gareth Hughes as part of the Geograph project.

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Drinkstone Post Mill

Image: © Gareth Hughes Taken: 8 Apr 2006

One of the two windmills on the site at Drinkstone, now undergoing a rather heavy restoration which will leave it "as good as new". As it's been dated to 1585 and is the oldest postmill in England, is "as good as new" really a good thing?

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.222978
Longitude
0.873969