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Interior view from East of millstones on first floor. Digital image of C 3920 CN.
SC 749603
Description Interior view from East of millstones on first floor. Digital image of C 3920 CN.
Date 16/2/1993
Catalogue Number SC 749603
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 3920 CN
Scope and Content Millstones on first floor from east, 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 two pairs of millstones within their wooden cases (these prevent the lost of meal during operation). Each pair of stones has a hopper above it which directs the grain into the central hole between the stones. The top stone is turned against the bottom one to grind the oats into oatmeal, using power from the waterwheel distributed throughout the mill by gears and belt drives. The miller has always been a vital part of community life, and thus enjoyed many privileges. Farmers would bring grain and oats for milling from which the miller took his 'multure', a percentage of the grain as payment. Working watermills are now a rarity in Scotland, as most modern milling is now done in large automated roller mills (which are not powered by water). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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