1750–1799
Late eighteenth-century tower windmill built
Caverton Mill was probably built as a tower windmill in the late eighteenth century.
Site overview
Caverton Mill was a late eighteenth-century tower windmill in Roxburghshire. It was shown on nineteenth-century mapping and survives as the remains of a former mill structure near Caverton.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Caverton Mill was a former tower windmill at Caverton in the parish of Eckford in the Scottish Borders. The mill probably dates from the late eighteenth century and was recorded on nineteenth-century mapping. The surviving remains stand near Caverton and represent a former rural tower windmill rather than a watermill site on the Kale Water.
The available record does not establish a full machinery description, ownership sequence, working chronology, or final operating date.
Timeline
1859
Windmill shown on nineteenth-century mapping
Caverton Mill was shown as a windmill site on nineteenth-century mapping.
2008
Windmill remains photographed
The remains of Caverton Mill were photographed on 24 October 2008.
Sources and records
Trove / Canmore place record; Scottish Windmills list; Windmill World site entry; Geograph photographic record; historic mapping