Windmill, Dumbarrow is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Windmill.

Windmill, Dumbarrow

WRENN ID
winter-gargoyle-hawk
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Windmill
OS grid reference
NO 549 470
Coordinates
56.61352, -2.73604
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Windmill at Dumbarrow is approximately 60 feet high and 18 feet in diameter. It features a graduated design and a cantilever platform. The structure is built of rubble, and the internal workings have been removed. It may date back to the early 19th century and serves as a notable landmark.

Local climate

Windmill, Dumbarrow sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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