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Latitude: 56.6064 / 56°36'23"N
Longitude: -3.0019 / 3°0'6"W
OS Eastings: 338593
OS Northings: 746510
OS Grid: NO385465
Mapcode National: GBR VJ.RW2R
Mapcode Global: WH7QQ.V6PR
Plus Code: 9C8RJX4X+H6
Entry Name: Sawmill, Glamis
Listing Name: Glamis Village, Glamis Saw Mill, the Mill Slap
Listing Date: 15 January 1980
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344292
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB11697
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200344292
Location: Glamis
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Parish: Glamis
Traditional County: Angus
Tagged with: Flax mill
1806. Small single storey and attic plash mill sited on falling ground converted to turning mill (see Notes) with internal wheel. Rubble with dressed ashlar quoins; corrugated-iron roof.
SW (THE MILL) ELEVATION: single storey elevation with raised ground level at centre leading to boarded timber door in gabled loft dormer; timber launder bridged over rubble piers and sluice to right.
SE ELEVATION: timber wheel-housing adjoining at ground, and blocked opening in gablehead.
NE (GLAMIS BURN) ELEVATION: door to centre with windows in flanking bays.
Small-pane windows to main entrance elevation. Boarded loft door and loft window to SE gable. Timber-lintelled, louvered shutters. Corrugated sheet roofing.
Property of Strathmore Estates (Holding) Ltd. Built by William Baxter & Son from Dundee for the spinning of flax, the mill held 16 frames, a 16 horse-power water wheel and employed 66 people. In 1820 a 10 horse-power steam engine was added to assist when water levels were low. The site is now used as the Estate Sawmill.
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