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Publication Account
Date 1986
Event ID 1017614
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017614
The whin-mill, for crushing wins for cattle fodder, was once a common item of farming equipment, especially in the north-east. In this example, the large granite crushing stone lies on its side within a kerbed and stone-lined channel. The channel, serving as the crushing area, is surrounded b a circular horse-gang platform some 37 ft (11.28m) in diameter overall. The stone itself-an edge stone slightly conical in shape so as to turn in a circle- is 3 ft 9 in (1.14m) in diameter on its outer face and rather less on the inner, and 1 ft 2 in (0.36m) thick. In the centre of the stone there is a circular hole 8 1/2 in (216mm) in diameter, through which a wooden shaft was passed in the upright stone and wedged into position. The outer end of the shaft was harnessed to a horse; a swivel-coupling at the inner end was affixed to an iron pin at the hub of the mill. A four-legged iron plate and pivot still survive, set into a sunk granite base some 1 ft 6 in (0.46 m) square.
Information from ‘Monuments of Industry: An Illustrated Historical Record’, (1986).
