Blair Atholl Watermill is Scotland's oldest working
watermill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of ...
, located in
Blair Atholl,
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
, and dating to around 1830. There has been a mill on the site since at least the 1590s. After it stopped being used, in 1929, it became a store. In 1977 it was restored by John Ridley and the last
miller's assistant, who could still remember the previous mill. In 1993 it passed to James and Mary Bruce. Today, the building is used as a
tea room, owned by the Bruces' children.
[The mill]
– Blair Atholl Watermill official website
The mill's
waterwheel
A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets ...
is powered by the River Tilt, and can only be used when the river is in full spate.
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See also
*List of places in Perth and Kinross
''Map of places in Perth and Kinross compiled from this list''
This list of places in Perth and Kinross is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, nature reserve, reservoir, river, canal, and other place ...
Gallery
File:Blair Athol Corn Mill - geograph.org.uk - 658081.jpg, The mill building (left) and granary, 1980
References
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External links
Blair Atholl Watermill
– official website
Blair Atholl Mill
– Canmore
Flour mills in the United Kingdom
19th-century establishments in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Perth and Kinross