Nether Mill
Flour Mill (Post Medieval)
Site Name Nether Mill
Classification Flour Mill (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Eden Water; Gordon Nether Mill
Canmore ID 57343
Site Number NT64SE 12
NGR NT 66051 42817
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57343
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Gordon
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
Nether Mill stands on the east bank of the Eden Water, about 100m south of Nethermill Bridge. The mill is depicted on maps as far back as the late eighteenth century, though it had fallen out of use by the time the second edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map was surveyed in 1898.
The first edition Ordnance Survey map in 1862 depicts Nether Mill as an L-shaped building, and clearly shows the course of the mill lade, with its associated sluice for regulating the flow of water. Today, little remains of the mill buildings, whose buildings are now reduced to overgrown ruins.
For a rural parish such as Gordon, grain was an important export. In 1793, the parish had three corn mills from which flour was taken by cart to markets in Edinburgh and throughout East Lothian.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
Note (7 June 2024)
The Timothy Pont map (J Blaeu 1654) shows the mill as ‘old mill’ whereas the neighbouring mills, Mid Mill & Macks Mill do not have this annotation. Assuming Pont surveyed this area late 16c–early 17c, it is unclear if ‘old mill’ simply implies that it was ‘disused' at this time. Differing stonework does suggest that Nethermill was built in stages. The level or the road was raised late 19c – early 20c to accommodate a larger bridge. This has left the bottom floor 2/3 buried.
Information to HES from A Crawford, 7 June 2024
Sbc Note
Visibility: Upstanding building, which may not be intact.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
