List of windmills in County Down explained

This is a list of windmills in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Locations

Location	Name of mill and coordinate	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ardkeen				1836^[1]	1836
Ballyagherty				1779^[2]	1779
Ballybohillbo	Ballybohillbo Mill
Ballydugan				1792	1792
Ballygrainey				1836	1836
Ballyhalbert	Ballyhalbert Mill	Tower			Demolished 1940^[3] Windmill World
Ballyherley				1836^[4]	1836
Ballyherley	(2nd mill)			1836	1836
Ballyholme	Ballyholme Mill				Burnt down 9 July 1922 Windmill World
Ballykeel				1834	1834
Ballymaconell				1836	1836
Ballymenagh				1834	1834
Ballyministragh				1836	1836
Ballyorgan				1836^[5]	1836
Ballyrogan				1836	1863
Ballyskeagh				1836	1836
Ballytrustan				1836	1836
Ballywalter				1681	1681
Ballywalter	Ballyferis Mill 54.5458°N -5.4881°W	Tower		19th century^[6]	Windmill World
Balloo	Ballyminstragh Mill^[7]	Tower
Boardmills	Boardmills Mill 54.47°N -5.9287°W	Tower		1813	Windmill World
Carrowmacaw				1836^[8]	1836
Cattogs				1836	1836
Cloghey	Cloghey Mill 54.4392°N -5.4656°W	Tower		1836^[9]	Windmill World
Crawfordsburn	Crawfordsburn Mill 54.661°N -5.7258°W	Tower		1830	Windmill World
Cullentra				1836	1826
Dunoraver				1836^[10]	1836
Ganaway				1836^[11]	1836
Greyabbey	Ballybryan Mill 54.5198°N -5.5493°W	Tower		19th century^[12]	Windmill World
Holywood	Holywood Mill 54.6424°N -5.8279°W	Tower			Windmill World
Killinchy	Killinchy Mill 54.4522°N -5.6653°W	Tower		c. 1702^[13]	Windmill World
Killough	Killough Mill 54.2542°N -5.6458°W	Tower		1823^[14]	Windmill World
Killyleagh	Ringdufferin Mill^[15]	tower
Killyleagh	Ringdufferin Mill (2nd mill)^[16]
Kirkistown	Kirkistown Mill^[17]	Tower
Knockinelder	Knockinelder Mill 54.3854°N -5.469°W	Tower			Windmill World
Lisbane				1836^[18]	1836
Lisboy				1836	1836
Millisle	Ballycopeland Mill 54.6078°N -5.5561°W	Tower		c. 1785^[19]	Windmill World
Newtownards	Newtownards Mill 54.6145°N -5.6884°W	Tower			Windmill World
Portaferry	Portaferry Mill 54.3796°N -5.5412°W	Tower			Windmill World
Poyntzpass	Poyntzpass Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Saintfield	Saintfield Mill 54.4641°N -5.8251°W	Tower			Windmill World
Tullyboard				1836^[20]	1836
Tullykevin	Tullykevin Mill^[21]
Warrenpoint	Ringmackilroy Mill^[22]	Tower			1802^[23]
Whitechurch				1836^[24]	1836

Sources

Unless otherwise stated, the source for all entries is the linked Windmill World webpage.

See also

• List of windmills in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: A...... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
2. Web site: Place names of Co. Down: Ballya......Ballyg..... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
3. Web site: RAF BALLYHALBERT . Ballyhalbert Historical Society . 4 July 2009.
4. Web site: Place names of Co. Down: Ballyh......Ballym..... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
5. Web site: Place names of Co. Down; Ballym......Ballyw.... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
6. Web site: Ballyferis Windmill, Ballywalter . Natural Stone Database . 4 July 2009.
7. Web site: Ballyminstragh Windmill, Killinchy Road, Balloo. Natural Stone Database . 4 July 2009.
8. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: Ca....- Ch..... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
9. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: Ci...- Cu..... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
10. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: Dru......- Dy..... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
11. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: G....... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
12. Web site: Ballybryan Windmill, Greyabbey . Natural Stone Database . 4 July 2009.
13. Web site: The Mill, 37 Main Street Killinchy, BT23 6PN. Tim Martin Estate Agents . 4 July 2009.
14. Web site: Killough Windmill Tower . Irish Antiquities . 4 July 2009.
15. Web site: Ringdufferin Windmill, Ringdufferin House, 35 Ringdufferin Road, Killyleagh BT30 9PH . Natural Stone Database . 4 July 2009.
16. Web site: Dufferin Chronicles . killyleagh.org . 4 July 2009.
17. Web site: Kirkistown Windmill, Kirkistown Golf Course, Kirkistown . Natural Stone Database . 4 July 2009.
18. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: L....... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
19. Web site: Talking of Windmills . Shamrock Club of Wisconsin. 4 July 2009.
20. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: T....... . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.
21. Web site: Flax Mills . Ballywalter . 4 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218141342/http://ballywalteronline.co.uk/ . 18 December 2014 . dead .
22. Web site: Ringmackilroy Windmill, Off Mary Street, Warrenpoint . Natural Stone Database . 4 July 2009.
23. Web site: South Down . Brian T McElherron . 4 July 2009.
24. Web site: Place Names of Co. Down: U,V,W, Y and Z . Rootsweb . 4 July 2009.