Kibworth Harcourt, The Old Mill c.1955
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K171033
More about this scene
The last post-mill in the county, dated 1711, it blends with the owner/managers house and the store shed to provide a self-contained industrial group. This type of mill predates tower and smock mills, utilizing the simple principal of following the wind by revolving the body of the building round a fixed central post. These mills were weatherboarded for lightness. The mounds which often supported them can sometimes be clearly seen close to deserted or shrunken village sites. The mill was last used in 1912.
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