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Placemill Farm, Watermill

Watermill (19th Century)

Site Name Placemill Farm, Watermill

Classification Watermill (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Place Mill; Burn Of Frendraught; Bognie Estate

Canmore ID 18364

Site Number NJ64SW 12

NGR NJ 62627 43054

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18364

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Forgue
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

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Place Mill, 1832. Just above the burn, a plain but satisfying two-storey L-plan with kiln having prominent Aberdeenshire vent (hexagonal with revolving cap) and neat egg-cup finials to gables; machinery removed.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Archaeology Notes

NJ64SW 12 62627 43054

See also NJ64SW 55.

(Location cited as NJ 627 430 and name as Place Mill). Built 1832. A pleasing little 2-storey rubble building on an L plan with a kiln with an Aberdeenshire-type vent in the angle of the L. Now gutted, and the mid-breast wheel, about 3ft (0.9m) wide by 12ft (3.66m) diameter removed. Used as a grain store.

J R Hume 1977.

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