List of windmills in County Down

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 [1]
Ballyagherty				1779 [2]	1779 [2]
Ballybohillbo	Ballybohillbo Mill [3]
Ballydugan				1792 [2]	1792 [2]
Ballygrainey				1836 [2]	1836 [2]
Ballyhalbert	Ballyhalbert Mill	Tower			Demolished 1940 [4] Windmill World
Ballyherley				1836 [5]	1836 [5]
Ballyherley	(2nd mill) [5]			1836 [5]	1836 [5]
Ballyholme	Ballyholme Mill				Burnt down 9 July 1922 Windmill World
Ballykeel				1834 [5]	1834 [5]
Ballymaconell				1836 [5]	1836 [5]
Ballymenagh				1834 [5]	1834 [5]
Ballyministragh				1836 [5]	1836 [5]
Ballyorgan				1836 [6]	1836 [6]
Ballyrogan				1836 [6]	1863 [6]
Ballyskeagh				1836 [6]	1836 [6]
Ballytrustan				1836 [6]	1836 [6]
Ballywalter				1681 [7]	1681 [7]
Ballywalter	Ballyferis Mill 54°32′45″N5°29′17″W / 54.54581°N 5.4881°W / 54.54581; -5.4881	Tower		19th century [8]	Windmill World
Balloo	Ballyminstragh Mill [9]	Tower
Boardmills	Boardmills Mill 54°28′12″N5°55′43″W / 54.46999°N 5.9287°W / 54.46999; -5.9287	Tower		1813	Windmill World
Carrowmacaw				1836 [10]	1836 [10]
Cattogs				1836 [10]	1836 [10]
Cloghey	Cloghey Mill 54°26′21″N5°27′56″W / 54.43922°N 5.4656°W / 54.43922; -5.4656	Tower		1836 [11]	Windmill World
Crawfordsburn	Crawfordsburn Mill 54°39′40″N5°43′33″W / 54.66098°N 5.7258°W / 54.66098; -5.7258	Tower		1830	Windmill World
Cullentra				1836 [11]	1826 [11]
Dunoraver				1836 [12]	1836 [12]
Ganaway				1836 [13]	1836 [13]
Greyabbey	Ballybryan Mill 54°31′11″N5°32′57″W / 54.51984°N 5.5493°W / 54.51984; -5.5493	Tower		19th century [14]	Windmill World
Holywood	Holywood Mill 54°38′33″N5°49′40″W / 54.6424°N 5.8279°W / 54.6424; -5.8279	Tower			Windmill World
Killinchy	Killinchy Mill 54°27′08″N5°39′55″W / 54.45223°N 5.6653°W / 54.45223; -5.6653	Tower		c. 1702 [15]	Windmill World
Killough	Killough Mill 54°15′15″N5°38′45″W / 54.25416°N 5.6458°W / 54.25416; -5.6458	Tower		1823 [16]	Windmill World
Killyleagh	Ringdufferin Mill [17]	tower
Killyleagh	Ringdufferin Mill (2nd mill) [18]
Kirkistown	Kirkistown Mill [19]	Tower
Knockinelder	Knockinelder Mill 54°23′07″N5°28′08″W / 54.38537°N 5.4690°W / 54.38537; -5.4690	Tower			Windmill World
Lisbane				1836 [20]	1836 [20]
Lisboy				1836 [20]	1836 [20]
Millisle	Ballycopeland Mill 54°36′28″N5°33′22″W / 54.60781°N 5.5561°W / 54.60781; -5.5561	Tower		c. 1785 [21]	Windmill World
Newtownards	Newtownards Mill 54°36′52″N5°41′18″W / 54.61447°N 5.6884°W / 54.61447; -5.6884	Tower			Windmill World
Portaferry	Portaferry Mill 54°22′47″N5°32′28″W / 54.37961°N 5.5412°W / 54.37961; -5.5412	Tower			Windmill World
Poyntzpass	Poyntzpass Mill	Tower			Windmill World
Saintfield	Glassdrumman Windmill [22] 54°27′51″N5°49′30″W / 54.46406°N 5.8251°W / 54.46406; -5.8251	Tower		1803 [23]	1839 [24]
Tullyboard				1836 [25]	1836 [25]
Tullykevin	Tullykevin Mill [3]
Warrenpoint	Ringmackilroy Mill [26]	Tower			1802 [27]
Whitechurch				1836 [7]	1836 [7]

Sources

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

References

1. "Place Names of Co. Down: A..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
2. "Place names of Co. Down: Ballya......Ballyg..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
3. "Flax Mills". Ballywalter. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
4. "RAF BALLYHALBERT". Ballyhalbert Historical Society. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
5. "Place names of Co. Down: Ballyh......Ballym..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
6. "Place names of Co. Down; Ballym......Ballyw..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
7. "Place Names of Co. Down: U,V,W, Y and Z". Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
8. "Ballyferis Windmill, Ballywalter". Natural Stone Database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
9. "Ballyminstragh Windmill, Killinchy Road, Balloo". Natural Stone Database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
10. "Place Names of Co. Down: Ca....- Ch..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
11. "Place Names of Co. Down: Ci...- Cu..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
12. "Place Names of Co. Down: Dru......- Dy..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
13. "Place Names of Co. Down: G..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
14. "Ballybryan Windmill, Greyabbey". Natural Stone Database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
15. "The Mill, 37 Main Street Killinchy, BT23 6PN". Tim Martin Estate Agents. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
16. "Killough Windmill Tower". Irish Antiquities. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
17. "Ringdufferin Windmill, Ringdufferin House, 35 Ringdufferin Road, Killyleagh BT30 9PH". Natural Stone Database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
18. "Dufferin Chronicles". killyleagh.org. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
19. "Kirkistown Windmill, Kirkistown Golf Course, Kirkistown". Natural Stone Database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
20. "Place Names of Co. Down: L..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
21. "Talking of Windmills". Shamrock Club of Wisconsin. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
22. "Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record". apps.communities-ni.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
23. "Place Names of Co. Down: G..." freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
24. "Old mill damaged in 'big wind' set for restoration". BBC News. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
25. "Place Names of Co. Down: T..." Rootsweb. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
26. "Ringmackilroy Windmill, Off Mary Street, Warrenpoint". Natural Stone Database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
27. "South Down". Brian T McElherron. Retrieved 4 July 2009.

See also

• List of windmills in Ireland