Distant view from North North West

Description Distant view from North North West

Date 11/5/1998

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number D 31647

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 757531

Scope and Content Meal Mill, Cluny Castle, Highland, from north-north-west This shows the rubble-built mill with the miller's cottage in the background and the lade in the foreground. Water travelled along the lade and turned the waterwheel, which drove the grinding stones. The stones, when turned, ground grain, most likely oats, into a fine substance called meal. The mill was probably built in the early 19th century. The vast majority of watermills that still existed in Scotland at the end of the 20th century were built after 1750 in response to improvements in farming methods. When a mill closed it was usually converted to another use and a few, like Aberfeldy Mill, Perth & Kinross, have been opened as visitor attractions. Cluny Castle was built in 1805 for the Macphersons of Cluny and stands on the site of an earlier castle which was destroyed by fire in 1746. William Laidlaw Carruthers, Inverness, designed the north-west wing and the Queen Anne Revival-style porch c.1890. Many of the estate buildings were also built when the castle was rebuilt, including gate lodges, stables, meal mill, saw mill and walled gardens. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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