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monument Word or Phrase:POST MILL ROUNDHOUSE *  
Definition:A circular or octagonal building at the base of a post mill to provide storage space and to give protection to the superstructure. The roundhouse is not attached to the mill itself. Some roundhouses were later converted for domestic purposes.
monument Word or Phrase:HOLLOW POST MILL *  
Definition:A post mill in which the drive is taken down to the base of the mill by putting an upright shaft in the hollowed post.
monument Word or Phrase:POST MILL *  
Definition:A type of windmill, mainly timber-framed, whose body, containing machinery and carrying the sail, rotates about an upright post.

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