List of windmills in Scotland
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Locations


Aberdeenshire


Angus


Ayrshire


Banffshire


Berwickshire


Caithness


Clackmannanshire


Dumfriesshire


East Lothian


Fife


Forfarshire


Invernessshire


Kirkcudbrightshire


Kincardineshire


Lanarkshire


Midlothian


Morayshire


Orkney


Perthshire


Renfrewshire


Rossshire


Roxburghshire


Stirlingshire


West Lothian


Wigtownshire


Shetland


Sources

Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is or


Maps

*1773 Armstrong *1788 John McArthur *1816 Forrest *1824 Fowler *1826 Johnson *1828 John Thomson *All other dates are
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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

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Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
windmills A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some par ...