Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Windmill Tower on Foel Fawr
Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mynytho, Pwllheli, Llanengan, Gwynedd, designated on 1 April 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1998
- Locality
- Mynytho
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Llanengan
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.85961, -4.51756
- Cadw reference
- 19631
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the summit of prominent hill about 1 km N of Mynytho.
History
Windmill tower of uncertain date, probably earlier C19 on prominent hilltop, marked on OS as Foel Fawr, but on National Trust plaque as Foel Felin Gwynt.
Exterior
Windmill tower, rubble stone, circular, battered walls. Tall N opening with slab lintel, and rough steps within wall thickness. Door on E with slab lintel.
Interior
Walls thinner at upper level. Six holes in wall at first floor.
Reason for designation
One of the few windmill towers surviving, and a prominent landmark from far across the Llyn.
Nearby in the register
- Bryn HeulogDomesticunder 1 mi
- RhedynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding to E of SaethonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Saethon Old FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.