Swinton, Windmill

The ruined remains of a late eighteenth-century windmill survive to the north-west of the Green in Swinton.

The structure is circular on plan, and was constructed using roughly-squared blocks of sandstone. It measures 6.5m in diameter and stands to a height of 4m, though it would originally have been taller.

An insurance document dating from 1800 states that this was a corn mill, associated with a nearby farmsteading.

Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project

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The remains of a large tower mill, late 18th century, stand on the N side of Swinton village opposite the Green. The surviving structure, roughly built of red sandstone, is c 4m high and 6.5m in diameter at ground level. An adjoining building was possibly a dispatching room or kiln. A second building, 3m S, is also contemporary.

Both buildings have been altered.

I L Donnachie and N K Stewart 1966; G Douglas, M Oglethorpe and J R Hume 1984.

Circular remains of a windmill, built in roughly sqaured red sandstone blocks and measuring 6.5m in diameter. The windmill now rises to a height of 4m but would originally have been much taller. The adjoining building was probably once the dispatching room or kiln. The ruined remains of a late eighteenth-century windmill survive to the north-west of the Green in Swinton. An insurance document dating from 1800 states that this was a corn mill, associated with a nearby farmsteading. (RCAHMS)