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Windpump site in use
Quarryhill was a wind-powered pumping site near St Combs in Aberdeenshire.
Site overview
Quarryhill Windpump stood near the St Combs road in north-east Aberdeenshire. It appears to have been a metal windpump rather than a conventional tower corn mill. The site is closely comparable with the Mains of Cairnbulg windpump site in the same coastal area.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Quarryhill Windpump was a former wind-powered pumping site near St Combs in Aberdeenshire. It stood east of the St Combs road and appears to have been similar in character to the Mains of Cairnbulg windpump site. The available evidence indicates a windpump or wind-powered drainage structure rather than a traditional grain windmill.
No secure construction date, maker, ownership sequence, machinery description, survival condition, or final working date has been established from the sources checked.
Timeline
Sources and records
Scottish Windmills: An Outline and Inventory; Windmill World site entry; Historic Ordnance Survey mapping