Braemar, Clunie Bank Road, Mill Of Auchendryne
Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Braemar, Clunie Bank Road, Mill Of Auchendryne
Classification Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Clunie Mill; Granary; Watermill
Canmore ID 29742
Site Number NO19SE 13
NGR NO 15078 91279
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29742
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crathie And Braemar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO19SE 13 15078 91279
(Location cited as NO 150 913 and name as Clunie Mill). 18th century and later. A 1- and 2-storey rubble building on an L plan, with a single-storey wooden sawmill extension. Though disused, the 8-spoke, mid-breast paddle wheel, 2ft 9ins (0.84m) wide by 13 ft 6ins (4.11m) diameter, survives; drive from it is by a gear ring of 8 ft (2.44m) diameter.
For an illustration of the mill in about 1900, see Butt, Donnachie and Hume, 1968.
J R Hume 1977.