Derelict building - windmill?

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Derelict building - windmill?

Image: © Robin Hall Taken: 29 Dec 2005

It says "Danger unsafe keep out. OK then. I would guess that this was a windmill but then again........ Update (Jan 2019) We have heard from a relative of the farmer who built this and have been informed that it was built to store maize silage in around 1900-1903 but only used until about 1914 because it proved impractical.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.862654
Longitude
-0.177407