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		Late 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 Windmill 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

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

Kirkcudbrightshire

Kincardineshire

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

Lanarkshire

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

Orkney

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 House Windmill 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

Rossshire

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

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.{{cite book}}: 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