MHG21126 - Spinningdale, Threshing Mill
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- THRESHING MILL (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
GR corrected to above from 1st ed OS, where large rectangular building is marked as Thrashing mill, with mill lade to N - HAW 9/2004
The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900, p. 222) - Sinclair B Calder, 1974
J Aitken : 19/2/2004
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Site listed on OS 25" 1874 Sutherland Sheet No CXII.5. Now no trace of mill-site overgrown GJ Douglas 4/5/1992
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The threshing mill is depicted and labelled (‘thrashing mill’) on the 1st edition OS map; it is depicted but not labelled as such on the 2nd edition map. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG12693 Image/Photograph(s): Spinningdale Mill.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG364 Text/Manuscript: Calder, Sinclair B.. 1974. The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland: A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900. The University of Strathclyde.
- <2> SHG28299 Dataset/Database File: Susan Kruse. 2014. Ledmore and Migdale Memories Project. Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). Digital.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 6750 8961 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
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Map sheet | NH68NE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | CREICH |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/104544 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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