Detail of kiln firebox. Digital image of C 3934.
SC 749598
Description Detail of kiln firebox. Digital image of C 3934.
Date 1993
Catalogue Number SC 749598
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 3934
Scope and Content Kiln firebox, Barry Mill, Angus Barry Mill dates from the late 18th century, and consists of a three-storeyed rubble main building with waterwheel and semicircular drying kiln attached. The mill was rebuilt in 1814 after a fire, and produced oatmeal commercially until the lade was damaged in 1982. It is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland, and is restored to working condition for milling demonstrations. This shows the firebox in the kiln. Coke or anthracite (smokeless fuels) were burnt on the grate. Heat rises to a drying floor above, which would have been floored with perforated cast iron tiles. Oatmeal would be turned in the heat until dry enough for milling. Oats and other grains need to be dried before they are ground, as excess moisture in the grains produces a sticky paste which in extreme cases must be cleaned from the millstones by hand. The surface of a millstone is dressed with a pattern of grooves which are set to either crush or separate the husk and inner, floury parts of the grain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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