Spearmill
Mill (18th Century)
Site Name Spearmill
Classification Mill (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Spear Mill
Canmore ID 35911
Site Number NO66NE 49
NGR NO 68937 65060
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35911
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Marykirk
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
Rectangular plan, rubble and slate with chamfered openings, fine ashlar at wheel (now removed) gable wall corbelled out above; higher kiln, now gutted (Historic Scotland)
Standing Building Recording (15 December 2014 - 20 February 2015)
NO 68972 65065 A Level 2 standing building survey was carried out, 15 December 2014 – 20 February 2015, of this early 18th-century mill prior to its conversion to holiday lets. There is a date stone ‘1738’ and another possibly ending ‘76’ built into a door jamb. There is a fragment of gravestone built into an interior alcove. The SW gable is the former location of the mill wheel and the lade is still running allowing little access to that end of the building. At least nine mason’s marks were recorded on this ashlar sandstone gable, all based around an ‘X’.
Archive: National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE)
Funder: Peterkin Homes
Alison Cameron - Cameron Archaeology
(Source: DES, Volume 16)
