Montgarrie Mill Detailed interior view within the packaging department on the mill's ground floor showing the miller, Donald McDonald and his assistant Ria McDonald, packing "Oatmeal of Alford" produc ...

Description Montgarrie Mill Detailed interior view within the packaging department on the mill's ground floor showing the miller, Donald McDonald and his assistant Ria McDonald, packing "Oatmeal of Alford" produced by the mill for retail. Digital images of D 54551

Date 20/5/1999

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

Catalogue Number SC 743731

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 54551

Scope and Content Packaging department, Montgarrie Mills, Aberdeenshire Montgarrie Mills were built c.1886 on the site of a much older mill. The site comprises a three-storeyed block with a basement level, surmounted by a distinctive Aberdeenshire vent over the kiln area. This working mill includes a ten-arm wood and iron overshot mill-wheel driving five pairs of millstones to mill oatmeal. This shows the miller, Donald McDonald, and his assistant, Ria McDonald in the packaging department. Ria is filling bags of fine oatmeal from the 'euroweigh' machine (right) whilst Donald is sealing, labelling and packing bags of 'The Oatmeal of Alford' into a box for retail. Oatmeal was once the mainstay of the Scottish diet, and remains popular today, although most small watermills have closed under pressure from the larger modern mills. Oatmeal produced at Montgarrie is now sold to gourmet food lovers who seek out authentic and organic foods produced using traditional methods. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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