OS1/11/19/66
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shire Mill (Remains of) | Shire Mill (Remains of) Shire Mill (Remains of) |
S Moncrieff Dalkeith Park Thomas Stewart Monktonhall |
Remains of Mill - Two Small fragments of a Stone And Lime built wall within the Demesne Lands of Dalkeith Park. It was a corn and flour Mill And its present remains which is of Considerable Antiquity is a portion of one of its walls in two small fragments (see a, b, and c, d on the trace). After its site or remains were enclosed by the "Park Wall" the Same was opened and a Draw well Sunk at the place the fencing round of this latter divides the portion of the "Mill Wall" by covering it over. In the Statistical Account page 271 the following Notice is taken of this object - "The Mill granted to the Monks of Dunfermline by David I stood at the top of the Shire haugh it had its hereditary Miller Attached to it. It was burned down in 1827, And its site was Sold on the following Year to the present Duke of Buccleuch, by the Magistrates of Musselburgh, the Millers House & other buildings Connected with this have long since disappeared. |
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