Monument record MHG2173 - Freswick Mill

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Grid reference Centred ND 3745 6725 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND36NE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish CANISBAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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A corn-mill with its associated weir, lead, dam and sluice. Possibly the mill mentioned in 1653 as belonging to 'the manor place of Burnesyde.' (ND36NE 3).
OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1873); Orig Paroch Scot 1855.

Freswick Mill, post-medieval to modern, is ruinous and overgrown with only one wall standing. It has measured 12.42m by 5.5m, with an extension 6.5m by 4.8m and a mill pond about 75m by 29m.
C E Batey 1982.

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  • --- Text/Report: Batey, C E. 1982. Caithness coastal survey 1982: interim reports 1980-2. . No. 66.
  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 813.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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