Old Windmill, Ballyherly, Portaferry, Co Down

Ruined stump of a large five storey windmill of 1796, perched on a hill top, E of Mountain Road, c.1.5 miles N of Portaferry. Constructed in random rubble and rendered, the ruin stands roughly 10.5m. in height, 5.5m in diameter with c.1m walls. There are openings for small windows on each of the uppers floors (roughly four per floor), with cast iron frames still in place in two openings. Some timber beams and uprights, for supporting floors/machinery, are still in place and three granite millstones also still within ruin. Now over grown ruins of small (steam) engine house to the south east of the mill and similarly overgrown remnants of a former scutch mill (c.14m x 4.5m) to the north. Opening on south east side of mill probably for drive of steam engine.