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Dumfries, Troqueer Road, Troqueer Mills

Tweed Mill (19th Century)

Site Name Dumfries, Troqueer Road, Troqueer Mills

Classification Tweed Mill (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Troqueer Mill

Canmore ID 65508

Site Number NX97NE 106

NGR NX 9735 7531

NGR Description Centred NX 9735 7531

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Troqueer (Kirkcudbrightshire)
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX97NE 106

centred NX 9735 7531

(Location cited as NX 973 754). Troqueer Mills, built 1866 by Walter Scott and Sons for Tweed manufacture. A large block of single-storey weaving sheds with an ornate 12-bay river frontage. Now in multiple occupation.

J R Hume 1976.

Architect possibly Alan B. Crombie who designed Rosefield Mills immediately to the north (NX97NE 114).

Information from Historic Environment Scotland (M Watson), 22 June 2022.

Troqueer Tweed Mills have been demolished.

Information from Survey and Recording, HES (M McDonald), 21 August 2024.

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