Mills · Scottish Highlands
Benholm Mill
Benholm Mill — mill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Laurencekirk · 9.3 km
- Family-friendly
About
Benholm Mill is a mill in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: category A listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "mill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 56.8128°, -2.3190°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Mill of Benholm in Kincardineshire, Scotland, is a restored and fully working water-powered meal mill. It is sited in ancient woodland near Johnshaven (13 miles south of Stonehaven), by the farmlands of Sunset Song country, made famous by local author Lewis Grassic Gibbon. It featured as Long Rob's Mill in the television serialisation of this novel. It is a category A listed building. It is owned by the Mill of Benholm Enterprise, and formally by Aberdeenshire Council.
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Background
History
Benholm is now the only surviving traditional water-powered meal mill in this part of Aberdeenshire. For hundreds of years it and numerous similar mills throughout Scotland were of vital importance to the rural community as the suppliers of the main food item. At its peak it produced oatmeal, bruised oats and hashed oats for an area extending from Montrose in the south to Barras and Catterline in the north and inland to Laurencekirk and Fordoun.
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- Coordinates
- 56.8128, -2.3190
- District
- Aberdeenshire
- Postcode
- DD10 0HT
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
- Nearest railway station
- Laurencekirk — 9.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4887870 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Benholm Mill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Mill of Benholm - geograph.org.uk - 400954.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Benholm Mill?
- Benholm Mill is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode DD10 0HT).
- Is Benholm Mill a listed building?
- Benholm Mill is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
- How do I get to Benholm Mill?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DD10 0HT. It sits within the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine parliamentary constituency.