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Watten Mill
Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Watten Mill
Classification Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Mill Of Watten
Canmore ID 8766
Site Number ND25SE 17
NGR ND 2519 5498
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8766
- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SE 17 2513 5498
(Location cited as ND 252 549). Mill of Watten, late 18th or early 19th century. A handsome large mill, with a double kiln at one end built of flagstone rubble with a flagstone roof. The machinery is now all removed and the building is used as a cowshed. The wheel appears to have been mid-breast, about 4ft (1.22m) wide by 14ft (4.27m) diameter.
J R Hume 1977.
Mill of Watten (ND 2518 5497). Roofed mill showing phased construction.
R J Mercer 1995; NMRS MS/828/19.
At least five roofed buildings with associated enclosures are depicted on the OS first edition 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xix). Three roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1994).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 10 May 1996.