Melin Berw

There are three windmills along the A5 road through Gaerwen and Pentre Berw and this is the most westerly as well as the highest, being set on a rocky outcrop. It was probably built in the late 18th century and was part of a group of mills called Berw mills, which included two nearby watermills.

It's not known when the mill closed but by 1901 it had been turned into a dwelling, which continued to be inhabited through at least 1929. By the mid 1930's it had been abandoned and began to deteriorate. The Muggeridge photos linked to below show the roof intact in 1936, but by 1939 appears to have been lost.

Since then it has been reroofed and used to raise poultry. In late 2009 a new house was being built on the site, with the walls partially encompassing the old mill tower. The photo above, taken in December 2009, shows the rear of the mill, which extends out from the corner of the under-construction house. The rest of the mill is now inside the walls of the house. The pictures on the Anglesey.Info site below show the mill inside the house just before the front wall was erected.

See other images of this windmill at:

• Amlwch History
• Anglesey.Info
• Images taken in 1936, 1936 and 1939 from the Donald W. Muggeridge Collection of Mill Photographs, University of Kent, Canterbury.

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