Fraserburgh, Gray's Timber Yard, Windmill Stump
Windmill (18th Century)
Site Name Fraserburgh, Gray's Timber Yard, Windmill Stump
Classification Windmill (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Albert Street; Mid Street; Charlotte Street
Canmore ID 20767
Site Number NJ96NE 14
NGR NJ 99389 66876
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20767
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fraserburgh
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ96NE 14 99389 66876
(Location cited as NJ 994 669). Late 18th-early 19th century mill with tall slender rubble tower; converted for fish-curing.
J R Hume 1977; G Douglas, M Oglethorpe and J R Hume 1984.
Publication Account (2010)
The eighteenth-century windmill, which is still such a prominent feature of Fraserburgh’s skyline, once powered a sawmill.
Information from ‘The Scottish Burgh Survey, Historic Fraserburgh: Archaeology and Development’, (2010).
