Amlwch Windmill – Pentrefelin

Felin Adda (Adams Mill) on the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) in North Wales.

Location SH440921. Built c1790. Last worked c1912. Converted to a dwelling in the 1970s. I took the photographs in October of 2009. Historically, there was also a Water Mill – probably nearby – named Melin Adda in the 14th century.

Accidents were commonplace working around Windmills, and so it was here in the year 1851 when the miller – Owen Hughes – was killed after being struck by a sail.

On the 1881 census of Pentrefelin, the majority of men were still working in the copper mines, with the second greatest amount being at sea.

O.S. Coordinates: SH440921.