Monument record 0709403000 - Portway Farm, Twyford

Summary

Remains of nineteenth century donkey gin at Portway Farm

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Type and Period (1)

  • DONKEY WHEEL (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Remains of an animal-powered treadwheel or gin at the east side of the farmhouse. The rotating capstan survives at the centre of a circular paved area, thought to be too small for a horse, so presumably powered by a donkey. The horizontal driveshaft entered the adjacent dairy through a hole in the brick wall and the remains of a drivebelt and machinery survive in the dairy (B1).
Likely to date from the mid 19th century (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24013 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2011. Pers comm following visit by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society's Historic Buildings Group on 2nd April 2011.
  • <2>SBC23898 Unpublished document: Sue Fox and John Brushe. 2011. Portway Farm, Twyford: Historic Building Report.

Location

Grid reference SP 67406 25916 (point)
Civil Parish TWYFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Sep 27 2011 2:55PM

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