Detail of datestone; 'P.S. 1885'. Digital image of G 85053 PO.

Description Detail of datestone; 'P.S. 1885'. Digital image of G 85053 PO.

Date 28/4/1984

Catalogue Number SC 749660

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of G 85053 PO

Scope and Content View of datestone, Achingale Mill, Highland Achingale Mill was built in 1885, on the site of an earlier mill. The three-storeyed, L-plan mill is built from dressed flagstones with a flagstone roof, and features a drying kiln, two pairs of millstones, a threshing barn, an external sack-hoist and two overshot waterwheels. It closed in 1950. This shows a datestone forming a lintel over the main doorway into the mill. The initials 'P.S' probably refer to the miller who built the mill in the year 1885. Datestones are a common feature on older Scottish buildings, marking the year of completion of a structure, a marriage (with two sets of initials) or a blessing on the house (with a biblical inscription). 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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