Tower mill, Llantrisant

A wind-powered mill in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales.

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A Grade II Listed stone tower known locally as Y Felin Wynt, Hen Felin Wynt or Billy Wynt. The tower was already shown as 'an old tower' on Bowen's map of South Wales in 1729, and a windmill next to the town was said to have been destroyed during a battle in the C13. It survived as a tall tower during most of the C19, but it was much reduced by 1890. In 1893 the Llantrisant Town Trust employed Gomer S Morgan, architect, to restore the ruin as a folly, the works including the addition of steps and wide copings.

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• Coflein, National Monuments Record of Wales
• Historic Wales Cadw Listed Buildings
• Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Glamorgan XXXVI.SW (1900)

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