Information for record number MWA3139:
Possible Windmill, Lammas Hill

Summary The site of a windmill dating to the Imperial period. It was situated on Lammas Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Tower Mill
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wolston
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 75
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Photograph of windmill.
2 The photograph shows a conical brick tower, capped with an 'onion' dome, with four sails to be covered with canvas. There is no fantail visible, and the mill would have been turned to face the wind by hand. There is a large wheel (presumably a hoist) projecting out of the cap, surrounded by a ballustered platform. There is a large platform projecting from the mill tower, supported on struts. The picture shows a brick and slate out outbuilding nearby. The whereabouts of the mill are not known exactly, the grid reference given is that of the tumulus (WA 3140) which when excavated was pronounced a windmill mound, but the photograph does not suggest that the mill was built on a mound.
3 No other trace of windmill - is the photograph wrongly labelled?
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Windmill at Wolston
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: A6958
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Darkes G T
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3101
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3139
   
Images:  
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WINDMILL * A tower-like structure of wood or brick with a wooden cap and sails which are driven around by the wind producing power to work the internal machinery. Use with product type where known. back
monument TOWER MILL * A windmill with a rotating cap containing the windshaft, and a stationary body in the form of a tower. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument TOWER * A tall building, either round, square or polygonal in plan, used for a variety of purposes, including defence, as a landmark, for the hanging of bells, industrial functions, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PLATFORM * Unspecified. Use specific type where known. back
monument OUTBUILDING * A detached subordinate building. Use specific type where known, eg. DAIRY. back
monument WINDMILL MOUND * An artificial mound of earth indicating either the former site of a windmill or built as the base of a post windmill. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back
monument HOIST * A mechanical lift or elevator, used to lift goods, etc. back

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