Home Guard Observation Post - Whissendine Windmill - Whissendine, Rutland
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N 52° 43.175 W 000° 46.935
30U E 649786 N 5843384
The windmill at Whissendine was used as a Home Guard lookout during WWII
Waymark Code: WMYX4T
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/05/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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The windmill at Whissendine was used as a Home Guard lookout during WWII

"HOME GUARD OBSERVATION POST
Tower windmill, built in c1830-40, disused in 1922. No sails, though the machinery is intact. Used as a Home Guard observation post during the Second World War."

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The mill has since been restored and is now one of the few remaining fully operational nineteenth-century windmills in England. See WMYX2C (visit link)
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