Llancayo
Llancayo is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located two miles north of Usk on the B4598 road to Abergavenny.
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Llancayo Mill in course of restoration, 2008
History and amenities
Llancayo Mill is situated in fields visible from the road. It was built around 1813[1] and destroyed by fire by about 1830.[2] The local story is that the miller left the mill gears engaged when he went to market, and when the wind changed direction the mechanism overheated, igniting the surrounding timber.[3][4] A Monmouthshire poet, Myfanwy Haycock, wrote a poem about the now disused windmill. It has now been fully restored, with working sails, for use as a "luxury retreat".[5]
The River Usk flows close by.
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References
- Gerallt D Nash. "Welsh corn mills — the past, present, … and future?" (PDF). ads.ahds.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, 2000, ISBN 0-14-071053-1
- History of the mill
- Fred Hando, Monmouthshire Weekly Argus, 22 August 1959
- Windmill restoration project
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