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Bannockburn, Whins Of Milton, Beaton's Mill
Cottage (17th Century) - (18th Century)
Site Name Bannockburn, Whins Of Milton, Beaton's Mill
Classification Cottage (17th Century) - (18th Century)
Canmore ID 46878
Site Number NS88NW 2
NGR NS 80259 89907
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46878
- Council Stirling
- Parish St Ninians
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88NW 2 80259 89907
(NS 8025 8991) Beaton's Mill (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1968)
'Beaton's Mill': This building is described as a dwelling-house with crow-stepped gables in 1880, and two corbel stones projecting from the front of the building, bearing the date 1667, were noted in 1950. When visited in 1954, it was ruinous, having been damaged by fire in 1952, but its general appearance was that of a 17th - early 18th century cottage, borne out by an early photograph (W Drysdale 1904) showing a simple one-storeyed building with a thatched roof. By 1955, it had been almost wholly demolished, only the foundations remaining. Though it is traditionally said that James III was murdered in this house, it is quite unlikely to have been in existence in 1488. There is also no evidence to support the idea that it had been used as a mill; it occupied a quite unsuitable position.
Visited by OS (WMJ), 27 June 1950 .
W Nimmo 1880; RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954 and 1955.
Field Visit (31 August 1955)
"Beaton's Mill", Milton.
The house in which tradition says that James III was murdered (1) formerly stood about 70 yds. SE. of No. 350, beside a lane which leads up towards Milton from a ford over the Bannock Burn. When first visited, in 1954, it was ruinous, having been damaged by fire in 1952, and possessed no architectural features apart from a small window with widely chamfered arrises in the surviving gable. Its general appearance, however, was that of a cottage of the 17th or early 18th century, and this is borne out by an early photograph (2) which depicts a simple, one-storeyed building with a thatched roof. It is quite unlikely to have been in existence as early as 1488. The house has now been almost wholly demolished, but its foundations, which remain, show rubble construction with lime mortar. There is no evidence to support the idea that it was ever used as a mill, for which function its position would in fact have been quite unsuitable.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 31 August 1955
(1) Stat. Acct., xviii (1796), 410.
(2) Drysdale, W., Auld Biggins of Stirling, unnumbered illustration
