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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 560933
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/560933
The farmstead of Wester Achmore, which lies at the foot of the Hill of Achmore, comprises three roofed buildings, according to the 1975 Ordnance Survey 1:10000 map.
A century earlier, when the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of Banffshire (1872) was published, Wester Achmore comprised three roofed buildings. One of these was a U-shaped range, built around three sides of a courtyard. There were a roofless building and an enclosure. Nearby, a mill lead brought water to what appears to be a dam equipped with a sluice, showing that water-power was being used at Wester Achmore. Throughout the nineteenth century water was used to drive a range of farm machinery, such as threshing machines and mills for grinding corn.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
