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Myrehead windmill is a grain-milling installation in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site sits upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Carboniferous sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, which provided stable foundations for the structure's construction and operation.
Windmills of this type were essential infrastructure in rural Scotland from the medieval period onwards, grinding cereal crops into flour and meal for local communities and commercial trade. The Clackmannan Group geology, characteristic of central Scotland's coalfield regions, indicates a landscape rich in mineral resources and water power opportunities that would have attracted mill development.
The monument's scheduling reflects its historical significance as an industrial heritage site. Though specific construction dates and architectural details require site examination, mills like Myrehead represent the technological and economic life of their localities, serving generations of millers and farmers before modern industrial milling displaced such installations.
Myrehead,windmill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2592. View the official record →
Myrehead windmill is a grain-milling installation in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2592.
Myrehead,windmill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2592.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castlethorn, fort and standing stones 500m ESE of Torphichen Mains (5.2 km), Refuge Stone, 300m WNW of Westfield Farm, Westfield (5.9 km), Hilltop House, coal pit 250m NNW of (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Myrehead,windmill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Myrehead,windmill stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.