Brill Windmill - the middle level of the buck
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The photograph on this page of Brill Windmill - the middle level of the buck by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Brill Windmill - the middle level of the buck
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 May 2016
This is a post mill with a round house, four common sails and winding by tailpole. Thought to be of late 17th century origin with later additions. Restored in 1948 and 2009 but no longer workable. This shows the two sets of underdrift mill stones, the brake wheel and the wallower that drives down to the great spur wheel below. The chain is for the sack hoist. The top level is above my head and accessed by a locked trap door. I was able to manoeuvre a camera up there. Note some modern steel work to reinforce the buck.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.822
Longitude
-1.055577