Coynachie, Mill
Watermill (19th Century)
Site Name Coynachie, Mill
Classification Watermill (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mill Of Coynachie; Coynachie Mill
Canmore ID 120116
Site Number NJ43SE 15
NGR NJ 49075 34314
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120116
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Gartly
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Coynachie Mill, mid-19th century. Two-storey rubble L-plan structure with all-iron overshot wheel which powered rope-driven threshing and sawmill.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ43SE 15 49075 34314
(Location cited as NJ 491 343). Mid 19th century. A 2-storey rubble building on an L plan, with an all-iron overshot wheel. This powered a rope drive to a threshing mill and sawmill at a higher level, two of the pulleys of which survive.
J R Hume 1977.
(Name cited as Mill of Coynachie).
NMRS, MS/712/48.
1/3-storey rubble-built piend-roof; T-plan wing enclosing overshot wheel of approx. 15' dia. fed by trap, chute over wheel opening lintel to tail-race when not in use. Gutted except for wheel. (Historic Scotland)
