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Lowfield Heath Windmill, by P. J. James, published 1989 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 19, article, pp.22-33, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506526] Download PDF
Abstract:It is indeed remarkable that only two months before the worst storm in the last 200 years, Lowfield Heath Windmill was dismantled and thus saved from certain destruction. This marked the first phase in the restoration to full working order by the 'Lowfield Heath Windmill Trust', which together with a small team of volunteers have made this formidable task possible.
Lowfield Heath is of the type known as a post mill, in which the whole body of the mill is suspended on a single post. The mill body, or buck, can then be revolved about this post by levering against the tailpole, until the sails face the wind. It is interesting to note that this basic design of mill dates back to the twelfth century, and continued to be built in this fashion right up to 1868, almost to the end of the windmill era.
Lowfield Heath is of the type known as a post mill, in which the whole body of the mill is suspended on a single post. The mill body, or buck, can then be revolved about this post by levering against the tailpole, until the sails face the wind. It is interesting to note that this basic design of mill dates back to the twelfth century, and continued to be built in this fashion right up to 1868, almost to the end of the windmill era.