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Spinningdale, Cotton Mill
Cotton Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Spinningdale, Cotton Mill
Classification Cotton Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Spinningdale Mill
Canmore ID 13845
Site Number NH68NE 43
NGR NH 67590 89420
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13845
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH68NE 43 67590 89420
Spinningdale Mill [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2010.
ARCHITECT: James Boag 1794
Burned 1806
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: NMRS LIBRARY
Scotland's Magazine, July 1965, p.24.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NH 675 894). Spinningdale Mill, built 1792-4 for the Balnoe Company. A four-storey, six-bay building, gutted by fire in 1806. At the S end is a projecting stair bay with Palladian windows, and at the N end is a semi-circular heating tower.
J R Hume 1977.
Spinningdale Mill is in ruins and in danger of collapse.
Visited by OS (NKB), 10 December 1980.
Field Visit (2013 - 2014)
Upstanding, although very deteriorated, stone & lime mortared building. Possibly 4 storeys seen, but only three visible on main walls. There is a well built concrete mill lade leading towards the structure.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 2013
Field Visit (19 January 2014)
Building appears extremely fragile.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 19 Jan 2014
