The Manx for windmill is mwyllin-gheayee or mwyljyn-geayee.
| # | photo | id | name | location | type | condition | maps |
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| 1 |  |
#iom5 | Baldromma, Maughold | small farm mill | incorporated into house |
NGR:
SC490913
(54.29555,-4.3219)
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| 2 |
no image |
#iom4 | Ballacorage, Ballaugh | small farm threshing mill | house converted as "Windmill Cottage" | NGR: SC348956 | |
| 3 |
no image |
#iom2 | Ballawhane, Andreas | small stone tower threshing mill | derelict by 1952, with uneven/ruinous curb, adjacent to 2 storey barn |
NGR:
NX398012
(54.38154,-4.4684)
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| 4 |
no image |
#iom7 | Billown Quarry, Malew | large iron wind pump | NGR: SC269702 | ||
| 5 |  |
#iom1 | Castletown | tower mill | House converted - now has a glass roof contained within the tower. |
NGR:
SC259677
(54.07525,-4.6623)
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| 6 |  |
#iom3 | Lezayre Mill (Now Beaconsfield Towers) | Ramsey | combined corn and saw mill | smooth rendered tower truncated to two storeys, now incorporated into Beaconsfield Towers residential care home |
NGR:
SC445952
(54.32855,-4.3922)
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| 7 |
no image |
#iom6 | South Barrule Slate Quarry Malew | small stone tower |
NGR:
SC270768
(54.15865,-4.6502)
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skeletal mill attached to barn
Recorded in a watercolour painting by J Coleman, one of a series of paintings he did in a sketchbook he titled "Sketches from Manxland" around 1899. The painting shows a skeletal mill with 4 wooden uprights coming together to produce the mill tower. The drive from the 4 common sails is transferred via a vertical metal shaft through some form of right angled gearing, so that it then enters the small single storeyed barn alongside. The painting also shows the tower of Andreas church in the background, and since there appears to be nothing but open fields between the mill and the church, this would probably indicate that this was located on one of the farms to the south of Andreas.
The thrust of the article "Of Windmills, Museums and Music" however, is in discussing an application by the Manx Electricity Authority to erect 10 turbines, which never took place.
Similarly Manx Life in Aug 1993 reported on another application to construct a windfarm at Lambfell, Michael, which was not carried through.
One again however, there are tentative plans for a windfarm near Old Mines.
| Last updated 01/02/2026 |
Text and images © Mark Berry,
1997-2026 -
Portions © Maureen Hall 2005 J Coleman paintings by permission of Dave Wilson |
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