Introduction

I don't think this is ever going to be a long list - islands in the Indian Ocean are not likely windmill hunting ground.

However, Mauritius was a colonial territory, used for sugar plantations, and as such as well as needing mills for flour production, windmills were also used to crush sugar cane. Pamplemousses Garden states that

"In 1858 there were about 259 sugar mills in Mauritius, however, due to the process of centralization, where sugar estates which were family owned estates merge into companies, the number of sugar mills have decreased to 137 sugar mills in 1888 and 79 sugar mills in 1903."

A number of mills are listed in the National Heritage Fund Act.

• Port Louis district - flour mill
• Pamplemousses district - Tower of old powder mill
• Pamplemousses district - windmill tower (Riche Terre)
• Riviere du Rempart district - old windmill (Petit Paquet)
• Riviere du Rempart district - windmill Tower of Belle Rive (Cap Malheureux)
• Riviere du Rempart district - Windmill Tower of Forbach