Mains Of Towie
Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mains Of Towie
Classification Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 120065
Site Number NJ74SW 40
NGR NJ 7412 4407
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120065
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Auchterless
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ74SW 40 7412 4407
(Location cited [incorrectly] as NJ 731 441, and name as Mill, Mains of Towie). Early 19th cent. A large rubble building on an L plan, with an Aberdeenshire-type kiln vent. Now gutted, the wheel was mid-breast, about 2ft 7ins (0.79m) wide by 12ft (3.66m) diameter. The building is used as a barn.
J R Hume 1977.
