2008

TG4209 : Tunstall Dyke smock mill

taken 16 years ago, near to Tunstall, Norfolk, England

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Tunstall Dyke smock mill
Tunstall Dyke smock mill
Viewed from sheep pasture on the other side of the drain. A rare survival - the last remaining 18th century timber-built smock mill in Norfolk - Tunstall dyke smock mill is located a short distance further to the east of Tunstall dyke tower mill > Link on the eastern side of Tunstall dyke. The remaining two storeys of the mill, still housing a diesel engine, are weatherboarded and have eight cants with chamfered edges and cross-braces; in 1994 a sloping corrugated iron roof was affixed for protection. The remains of a sluice are nearby.

Smock mills are a type of windmill constructed from timber, with a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded and capped tower, usually with six or eight sides. Its name is derived from the supposed resemblance to the smock worn by farmers in earlier days. They differ from tower mills in that the latter are usually cylindrical rather than hexagonal or octagonal, and built from brick, stone or masonry instead of timber. LinkExternal link

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TG4209, 62 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 29 May, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 29 May, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 423 091 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:37.5744N 1:34.7578E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 423 093
View Direction
SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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