List of windmills in Scotland

A list of windmills in Scotland.

Locations

Aberdeenshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Aberdeen	Windmill Hill Mill			1661	1661
Ellon	Hilton Mill NJ 942 342	Tower	1867	1787	Converted to horse mill 1880. Afterwards steam powered until 1924. Worked by tractor until 1956.
Fraserburgh	Fraserburgh Mill NJ 994 669	Tower	1869		Disused by 1869
Inverallochy	Mains of Cairnbulg NK 024 642
Invernettie	Glenugie Distillery NK 125 442	Tower		1822
Longmanhill	Montbletton NJ 721 611			Late 18th or early 19th century	Late 18th or early 19th century
Lonmay	Savoch Mill Strathbeg Mill NK 056 586	Tower	1870	1840
Peterhead	Windmill Street	Tower		1794	Demolished 1937
St Combs	Quarryhill NK 053 626

Angus

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Arbroath	Millgate			17th century	1832
Forfar	Bankhead Mill NO 453 513	Tower		Early 19th century
Forfar		Tower		1644	Demolished 1838
Kinnell	Bolshan Mill NO 620 521	Tower
Kirkden	Dumbarrow Mill NO 549 471	Tower	1859	1859
Montrose				1693	1693
Montrose	Rossie Mill				Demolished 18th century
Montrose	Rossie Mill			18th century	18th century
Sorn	Sorn Mill NS 548 264			1857

Ayrshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ballantrae	Ballantrae Windmilll NX 091 833	Vaulted Tower	1747 1855	1696	Ruin by 1799
Monkton	Monkton Mill NS 362 281	Vaulted Tower	1773	1773	converted to dovecot early 19th century
Saltcoats	Saltcoats Windmill				Possibly converted to a prison cell. Windmill Street still exists

Banffshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Fordyce	Sandend Mill Glasshaugh Mill[1] NJ 560 657	Tower	1866	1761[1]	Ruin by 1866.
Gamrie	Montbletton Mill NJ 721 611	tower		Late 18th or early 19th century
Gamrie	Northfield Mill NJ 823 661	Tower		1798

Berwickshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Ayton	Gunsgreenhill Mill NT 948 637	Tower
Gordon	Rumbletonlaw Mill NT 676 453	Tower		Early 19th century
Swinton	Swinton Mill NT 833 474	Tower	1858	Late 18th century
Swinton	Swintonmill NT 814 459	Tower		1813
Stow	Mitchelston Mill NT 462 481	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century

Caithness

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Achscrabster	ND 083 636
Hopefield	ND 075 676
Langland	ND 078 675
Olrig	Castlehill Mill ND 195 685	Tower	1873	1860s

Clackmannanshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Alloa	New Sauchie Mill NS 897 950	Tower			Converted to dovecot

Dumfriesshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Annan	NY 194 672		1828	1828	Demolished mid-19th century
Collin		Post		1670	1700
Dumfries	Maxwelltown NX 968 758	tower	1850	1798	Converted to observatory 1834
Hoddam	Shortrigg Mill NY 162 744	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century
Kirkmahoe	Duncow Mill NX 974 838	Tower	1828 1855	Late or early 17th century	Ruin by 1855
Mouswald	Mouswald Grange Mill NY 053 734	Tower	1828 1856	Late 18th century	Working until c. 1925
Rigg	NY 288 668		1828	1828	Demolished mid-19th century
Stoneykirk	NX 096 524	Post		19th century
Whithorn	NX 444 398	Tower		Late 18th century	Working in 1825

East Lothian

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Athelstaneford	Athelstaneford Mains NT 541 771		1824	1824	1824
Dunbar	Bielside Mill NT 654 738	Tower	1853	Late 18th century
Dunbar	Oxwellmains Mill NT 720 763	Tower	1853	Late 18th century	Ruin by 1853
Dunbar	Oxwellmains NT 703 763		1824	1824	1824
Dunbar	Knockenhair Mill NT 670 789	Tower	1853	17th century	Ruin by 1853
Dunbar	East Barns Mill NT 717 763		1824	1824	Demolished mid-19th century
Leith		Tower		1686	Converted to signal tower c.1805
North Berwick	Balgone Barns Mill NT 553 828	Tower		Late 17th century	Converted to dovecot by 1799
Papple	NT 591 725		1824	1824	1824
Penston	NT 445 725	Tower	1824	17th century	Demolished during World War II
Phantassie	Phantassie Mill NT 597 773	Tower	1824	1824	1824
West Peaston			1824	1824	1824

Fife

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Anstruther
Crail
Collessie	Melville Mill NO 303 127	Tower		Late 18th century	Converted to dovecot
Dunfermline	Hill House Mill NT 091 859	Tower		17th century	Converted to dovecot
Elie	(several mills)	Vertical axle mills		18th century	18th century
Inverkeithing				Mid-18th century	Mid-18th century
Inverkeithing	Prathouse Moor			1819	1819
Kingsbarns			c. 1885	c. 1885
Kirkcaldy	Dysart Mill NT 299 934	Tower	1854	Late 17th or early 18th century	Ruin by 1854
Largo
St Monans	St Monans Mill NO 534 019	Tower	1853	Late 18th century	Ruin by 1853, now restored
Torryburn	NT 028 856			19th century	19th century

Forfarshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Montrose	Montrose Lunatic Asylum	Vertical axis		1895[2]	Demolished 1925[3]

Invernessshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Fort George		Tower			Demolished 1910s
Inverness	Longman Road Mill	Tower
South Kessock	NH 658 470	Tower		1827	Demolished 1943

Kirkcudbrightshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Kirkcudbright	Cannee Mill NX 687 501	Tower

Kincardineshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Marykirk		Vertical axis		1887[4]	1912[2]

Lanarkshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Carluke	High Mill NS 849 508	Tower	1816 1859	1797
Glasgow	Windmillcroft NS 589 647		1788	17th century	Demolished c. 1800
Hamilton	NS 718 557	Tower	1816	Late 18th century	1816
Motherwell	There was never a windmill in Motherwell. Confusion because of Windy Hill Road			18th century?
Shettleston				1737	Blown down 13 January 1740

Midlothian

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Cousland
Cranston	Edgehead Mill NT 372 651		1894	1894
Edinburgh	Belford Mill NT 233 737	Tower	1852	1759
Edinburgh	George Square			17th century	17th century
Leith	Leith Mill NT 272 767			Late 17th century
Leith	Mylne's Mill[5] NT 271 786	Tower		1686[5]	Converted to signal tower early 19th century

Morayshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Advie	North Callange NO 122 420	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century
Drainie	Gordonstoun Mill	Tower		Mid-18th century	Converted to dovecot
Loch Spynie				c. 1720	Mid-18th century

Orkney

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Birsay	Vinbreck	Wind engine		1909	1909
North Ronaldsay	Peckhole Mill HY 762 528	Post	1879	19th century	Ceased work 1908
North Ronaldsay		Wind engine		c. 1900	c. 1900
Orphir	Chinegar	Wind engine		1910	1939
Papa Westray	Holland Farm Mill HY 489 513	Post	1879	1879	Demolished 1926
Papa Westray	Hookin Mill HY 499 513	Wind engine		1901	1901
Papa Westray	Gowrie mill HY 497 537	Wind engine
Papa Westray	Maeback Mill HY 495 524	Wind engine			Demolished 1930
Papa Westray	North Via Mill HY 498 532	Wind engine	1901	1901	1940s
Papa Westray	Roadside Mill HY 495 525	Wind engine
Papa Westray	South Via Mill HY 498 532	Wind engine			Working until 1958
Papa Westray	The Links, Pierowall HY 441 498	Wind engine
Papa Westray	Dykeside	Wind engine
Sanday	Scar Mill, Burness HY 673 449	Post
South Ronaldsay	Kirkhouse Point Mill ND 470 907	Post	1879	1879
Westray	Helzie, Rapness HY 507 406	Post	1901
Westray	Sanquhar, Rapness HY 508 417	Wind engine			Working until 1950
Westray	Swartaback, Rapness HY 495 428	Wind engine	1901	1901
Westray	Hillhouse, Skelwick HY 488 444	Wind engine

Perthshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Broughty Ferry		Tower		1853	Demolished late 19th century, had five sails
Dunbarney	Dunbarney Mill NO 107 184	Tower	1860	Late 17th or early 18th century
Dundee	South Union Street
Dundee	(west of town)
Dundee
Dunkeld	NO 021 425	Tower		1693	1693

Renfrewshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Greenock	George Square			1768	1768
Paisley

Rossshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Easter Ross	Tarrell	Wind engine		19th century	19th century
Easter Ross	Arboll	Wind engine		19th century	19th century

Roxburghshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Eckford	Caverton Mill NT 749 257	Tower	1859	Late 18th century

Stirlingshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Airth	Dunmore Mill NS 862 894	Tower	1860	18th century	Disused by 1860
Airth				Early 18th century	Early 18th century
Muiravonside	Myrehead Mill NS 965 775	Tower		Late 18th century

West Lothian

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Bo'ness	Bridgeness Mill NT 013 815	Tower		1750	Converted to observatory 19th century[6]

Wigtownshire

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
Kirkinner	Barwhanny Mill NX 411 493	Tower		Late 18th or early 19th century
Kirkmaiden	Logan Mill NX 116 438	Tower	1826 1847	1684	Ruin by 1847
Stoneykirk	Stoneykirk Mill NX 095 522	Tower	1847		Ruin by 1847

Shetland

Location	Name of mill	Type	Maps	First mention or built	Last mention or demise	Photograph
South Havra[7]

Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is Douglas, G., Oglethorpe, M., and Hume, J. R. (1984). Scottish Windmills. University of Strathclyde: Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) or "SCOTTISH WINDMILLS - AN OUTLINE AND INVENTORY" (PDF). Scottish Antiquaries Society.

Maps

• 1773 Armstrong
• 1788 John McArthur
• 1816 Forrest
• 1824 Fowler
• 1826 Johnson
• 1828 John Thomson
• All other dates are Ordnance Survey maps.

Notes

Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in italics denotes indicates that the information is not confirmed, but is likely to be the case stated.

References

1. "Glasshaugh Windmill". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
2. "Renewable energy and role of Marykirk's James Blyth". The Courier. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
3. "Making Scotland's landscape: The Climate". 11 December 2010. BBC Scotland Television. Missing or empty |series= (help)
4. Price, Trevor J. (2004). "Blyth, James (1839–1906)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/100957. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. "Mylne's Mill". britainexpress.com. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
6. "Coal and Bo'ness". bo-ness.org. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
7. "Windmills of Scotland". Windmill World. Retrieved 2008-11-06.