Pittendreich Mill
Pittendreich Mill in Elgin, Scotland, was built around 1830 by Moray Estates with parts stemming from the early 19th century, and designed to handle meal, flour and barley.[1]
Milling is known to have been carried out in the area as early as 1200.[2] An earlier mill was erected between 1444 and 1445 by the priory of Pluscarden, leading to a dispute with James Douglas who had received Pittendreich from King James III in a feu charter of 1469.[3] This later led to James Douglas joining an attack on Dean Alexander Dunbar in the chanonry of Elgin in which the dean was badly wounded and his thirteen-year-old daughter, killed.[4]
Pittendreich Mill was powered by water[5] from the Black Burn until the early 1900s when it was converted to oil. Later conversions included electricity. The mill would process meal, flour, and barley, with a kiln used to dry oats which would then be milled into oatmeal. The mill closed in the 1930s[6]
After several years of disuse, the mill was converted into a home in 1976.[6] The kiln now served as a chimney, with one mill-stone acting as a lounge feature and the other embedded in a grassy bank outside the property. More recently, the property was offered for sale in December 2006 and again in September 2017.[7]
57°38′04″N 3°20′53″W / 57.634444°N 3.3481736°W
References[edit]
- ^ The Northern Scot and Moray & Nairn Express’ February 15, 1913
- ^ Statistical Accounts of Scotland
- ^ RMS, ii, 984
- ^ "Douglas of Pittendreich". www.douglashistory.co.uk.
- ^ Jim Woodward-Nutt, Aberdeenshire Watermill Survey, mill no. 38/441
- ^ a b "PITTENDREICH MILL". domesday.
- ^ Property, CCL. "Pittendreich Mill, Pluscarden Road, Elgin, Moray, 4 bedroom, Detached". CCL Group Ltd.