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Melin Llynon

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Melin Llynon
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What is recorded here

Melin Llynon is a stone tower windmill built in 1775–76 to grind corn, oats and barley on Anglesey. Thomas Jones began a family line of millers, but a 1918 storm stopped the cap turning properly and the mill finally fell out of use. The council bought the ruin in 1978, restored it and reopened it in 1984; later…

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Melin Llynon is a stone tower windmill built in 1775–76 to grind corn, oats and barley on Anglesey. Thomas Jones began a family line of millers, but a 1918 storm stopped the cap turning properly and the mill finally fell out of use. The council bought the ruin in 1978, restored it and reopened it in 1984; later repairs kept it working as the only operating windmill in Wales.

Why it was built

Surgeon Herbert Jones paid for the tower mill on exposed high ground where four sails could catch the wind and drive machinery for grinding local grain into meal and flour.

People and work

Thomas Jones was the first miller and worked here until 1846; later generations carried on the trade, turning the cap to face the wind and grinding corn, oats and barley.

How it changed

A storm damaged the cap in 1918, permanent failure followed by 1954, and the council's 1978 purchase led to restoration, reopening in 1984 and renewed flour making from 1986.

What survives

The tall stone tower, turning cap, four sails and working grinding machinery survive after further repairs, alongside a modern reconstruction of an Iron Age roundhouse.

Why it mattered

Melin Llynon mattered because repeated repair saved the last working windmill in Wales and preserved both its machinery and the family labour that once supplied island communities with flour.

Sources for this account

Sources checked 16 August 2026.

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  • Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Robin Drayton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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