What is recorded here
Castlehill Pavement Works, Tower Pumping Windmill stands in Highland, Scotland, a structure recorded without a clear period but tied to pavement works rather than grain. The tower may have pumped water for roads or buildings, its sails catching breath from the land instead of storing meal. If so, the windmill served a hidden purpose, moving liquid through stone and iron while people passed beneath.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlehill Pavement Works, Tower Pumping Windmill as Windmill (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
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Dunnet SandsLong Cist(s) (early Medieval) · 1254 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.0 mi
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Easter HeadHeadland · 5.1 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.3 mi