Archaeology Notes

Event ID 671512

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ90NW 83 c. 938 060

The site of an early or mid 17th-century tower mill, near Windmill Brae, on what was then known as Windmill Hill. It appears on a plan of the city by James Gordon dated 1661. The mill had four sails and probably stood on an artificial mound.

J Bulloch 1884; J Milne 1911; I L Donnachie and N K Stewart 1966.

(Location cited as NJ c. 1678. This windmill was erected c. 1678; the remains were extant until the mid 19th century but are no longer to be seen.

NMRS, MS/712/83.

J Milne 1911.

This windmill has been removed and its site lies in a redeveloped part of the city.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 27 February 1997.