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Posted: 16 Dec 2018

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North Woodside Flint Mill

North Woodside Flint Mill
North Woodside Flint Mill, 125 Garriochmill Road, built 1846 for Kidston, Cochran and Co. The ruins of a single storey mill and drying shed, demolished c. 1964. The most substantial survivals are the square tapering kiln of stone and brick, the upper part of which is encased in concrete, and the weir and lade which supplied water to the wood and iron internal undershot wheel. Quoted from the Canmore website.

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 Joe, Son of the Rock
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It's a mill used to grind flint, Andy.

A good explanation is available here.

Cheers,

Joe
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 photosofghosts
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Splendid edition in b/w !
Cheers
Fabio
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
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Thank you, Joe and I could have kicked myself because I knew perfectly well, just forgot.

I also know that the expression 'bone-grinding', as in 'a bone-grindingly dull day' for instance, derives from the excrutiating noise made when bone (and I presume flint and/or a mixture of the two) is ground in a mill! I also understood that bone was often ground to produce fertiliser.
Or is it 'milled in a mill'?
No (thinking as I go here), you mill soft-ish stuff such as grain and cotton but you grind harder stuff like coffee beans and, of course(!) flint!
Someone will correct me if I've got it wrong, I hope! :o)
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Joe, Son of the Rock
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Thanks for your very kind comment, Fabio. Cheers, Joe
6 years ago.
 Joe, Son of the Rock
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It was a grain mill in 1765, Andy, and was also used to grind gunpowder during the Napoleonic Wars. The mill was converted, to grind flints by the owner of a Glasgow pottery.
6 years ago.

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