| Title: |
Scottish windmills: an outline and inventory
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 98 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
98
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| Page Start/End: |
276 - 299 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
An outline of the history, development and distribution of Scottish windmills introduces an interim inventory of known survivals and a select list of documented sites. Of the 100 or so mills built between 15th and 19th cents, about forty remain but are in various states of disrepair; the only comparable restored example is in Co Down. The peak of building activity, in late 18th and early 19th cents, was due to a boom in cereal production combined with highly developed technology brought from England and Netherlands. Development, though broadly similar to that in England, began rather later, and by mid-19th cent windpower had given way to steam. Five main classes of mills are distinguished and their construction, layout and machinery described. They are mainly found on E coast, where conditions are similar to those in England and Netherlands, but occur also in exposed western districts. Mills were used for lead-ore crushing and water-pumping as well as for grinding grain. |
| Year of Publication: |
1964
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 15th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Grinding Grain (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Cereal (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Late 18th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
