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Linton Mill

Watermill (18th Century)(Possible)

Site Name Linton Mill

Classification Watermill (18th Century)(Possible)

Canmore ID 58202

Site Number NT72NE 31

NGR NT 7751 2605

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Linton (Roxburgh)
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

NT72NE 31.00 7751 2605

NT72NE 31.01 7749 2607 Linton Mill, kiln

NT72NE 31.02 7752 2607 Linton Millhouse, house

Architecture Notes

NT72NE 31.00 7751 2605

Linton Mill comprises a group of buildings identified by Historic Scotland as a Mill, Barn and associated Mill House. However, the latest edition 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map and physical evidence suggests that the mill may in fact have been a detached kiln with a granary portion added subsequently. If this is the case, it would suggest that it is an important structure. In addition, the 'barn' appears to have had a water wheel at its SE end, indicating that it was in fact the mill. Further cartographic research (1st edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, Roxburghshire, 1859, sheet XVI.6) confirms this to be the case in 1859. An alternative explanation is that the 1779 building was an earlier mill, from which all evidence of water power has been cleared. Even so, it is hard to see where a water wheel would have been, and the building is small for a grain mill. Note also that Historic Scotland plan to de-list the barn and mill sometime in 1997, partly because the former mill has been converted into a dwelling.

The Mill is rectangular in plan and is two-storeyed with battered walls built from random rubble (mixed stone) with only one small blocked window visible on W side. The roof has collapsed and the building was in a precarious condition on the date of visit. There are two distinct parts of the mill. The smaller SW end is butt jointed onto the NE portion of the building, and resembles a kiln. There is a segmentally arched opening at ground level in the SW gable which has ashlar masonry voussoirs, and appears to be external access to a firebox for a kiln. Above this is an oval 1779 date plaque. The building layout closely resembles the Ordnance Survey plan of the site in 1859 (1st edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, Roxburghshire, 1859, sheet XVI.6).

Other features include a stone forestair beneath the the NE gable, and stone-coped skews with ornate skewputs (also present on the firewall separating the two portions of the building). No evidence of remains of water wheel or pit. Internal access too dangerous given collapsing state, but most of the machinery appears to have been removed.

Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), 9 October 1997.

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