Meal mill and kiln barn, view from South Digital image of D/31642

Description Meal mill and kiln barn, view from South Digital image of D/31642

Date 11/5/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 757527

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31642

Scope and Content Meal Mill, Cluny Castle, Highland, from south This shows the remains of the two-storeyed, rubble-built meal mill on the left and the rubble-built kiln barn on the right. The kiln barn was where grain, most likely oats, was dried prior to being ground into a fine substance called meal by the grinding stones in the mill. 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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