Publication Account

Date 1978

Event ID 1018018

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018018

The second cotton mill established in Scotland was built about 1779, a four-storey structure measuring 100 feet (30.48m) by thirty feet (9.14m) (Sharpe, 1908-9, 13). The mill suffered fire damage in 1955 and was dismantled in 1959. A petrol station now occupies the site.

Information from ‘Historic Rothesay: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1978).