An Archeological site at Glenglassaugh Distillery Sandend, Portsoy. Aberdeenshire. SCO 8444.
Scheduled Monument. The unusual wide base of the windmill may be of slightly later build; the masonry is inferior to that of the windmill tower. 2 mid 18th century topographical drawings of Glassaugh House reveal the windmill, with sails, in the background. General James Abercrombie of Glassaugh retired from the army in 1759 and devoted himself to his estate until his death in 1781. The earliest known documentary reference to the windmill is in a letter dated 23 August, 1761 from the General to his daughter referring to high winds which had almost blown off 'the pompon of the wind Miln which was only sett up yesterday'. On the site of a now ruinous windmill over-looking Sandend Bay, stood up till the year 1760, a circular mound of stones 14ft high and 60 feet broad. Beneath it was found a stone cist enclosing bones alongside of which was a deer's horn. Anon 1884; OSA 1791-9. No trace now remain of the cairn on which the remains of the mill now four storeys high, stand. From the evidence in Anon (1884) it is probable that the mill was built shortly after 1760.
Size: 4083px × 5988px
Location: Glassaugh Windmill, Glenglassaugh, Sandend. Aberdeenshire Grampian Region. Scotland
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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