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Latitude: 57.639 / 57°38'20"N
Longitude: -2.4688 / 2°28'7"W
OS Eastings: 372107
OS Northings: 861106
OS Grid: NJ721611
Mapcode National: GBR N88J.MP4
Mapcode Global: WH8M3.18N5
Plus Code: 9C9VJGQJ+JF
Entry Name: Windmill, Montbletton Farm
Listing Name: Montbletton Farm, Windmill Stump
Listing Date: 22 February 1972
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 343058
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10581
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200343058
Location: Gamrie
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Troup
Parish: Gamrie
Traditional County: Banffshire
Tagged with: Windmill
Early-mid 19th century. Tall square rubble, slightly battered
base surmounted by rubble tapering cylindrical windmill
tower, also slightly battered. Tooled ashlar wallhead copes.
Long, narrow round-headed arched opening in centre of N
elevation similar blocked opening formerly gave access to
wallhead of square base. Iron ring and bolt at base of tower
at N, E and W (possibly also at S but not immediately
visible).
INTERIOR: gutted.
Farm steading, of which the windmill is the centre piece, now
gutted and not included in listing. Similar windmill
incorporated in farm steading appears in J C Lundon's
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF COTTAGE, FARM AND VILLA, ARCHITECTURE
(1846, pp.471-3.
Montbletton farm formerly part of the Earl of Fife's estates
in Banffshire. It is said that other farmers in the
neighbourhood requested windmills on their farms, to be told
by the factor that 'there was nae wind enough' for more!
Iron rings at base of tower used for securing windmill sails.
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