Document record MAB60630 - STRATHMORE WOOLLENS MILL

Site of a linen/ woollen mill complex.

Site of a linen/ woollen mill complex. On the 1st edition OS map the site is partially occupied by a linen handloom factory at the south-east of the site, a First Free Church at the north-west, a house called 'Sunnybank' at the east and assorted properties and gardens around the perimeter of the site. The 2nd edition map shows an extensive works annotated as Jute and Linen works. Hume, in 1974, described the site as being occupied by Strathmore Woollens and that the mill was 'mid to late 19th century. A large group of 1-, 2- and 3-storey buildings, with a one-storey, 6-bay renaissance office block'. The RCAHMS visited the site in 1998 and noted that the vast majority of the buildings were in sandstone and that part of the complex has been converted into premises for Angus Council's Planning Department. A desk-based assessment was undertaken by AOC Archaeology Ltd in 2007 prior to proposed demolition. Fraser, Halliday and Munro undertook a photographic record in 2010. A watching brief was carried out by Cameron Archaeology in April 2011. Several features relating to the former woollen mill were recorded, in the form of walls, building debris and brick floors, but there was no evidence of earlier archaeological remains.

Hume, JR, 1977, Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, 134-5 (Bibliographic reference). SAB730.

AOC - Fouracre, L, 2007, St James Road, Forfar; Arch desk-based assess, DBA (Bibliographic reference). SAB2206.

CAMERON ARCHAEOLOGY, 2011, ST JAMES HOUSE, ST JAMES ROAD, FORFAR, WATCHING BRIEF REPORT (Bibliographic reference). SAB5270.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2012, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 12, 2011, pp.30-31 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5536.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2012, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 12, 2011, pp.30-31 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5536.

Feb 4 1998 , D 25812, 4-6, D 25812, 4-6 (Ground Photograph). SAB21124.

Feb 4 1998 , D 25813 CN, D 25813 CN (Ground Photograph). SAB21125.

May 10 1974 , A/63629-31/PO (HUME), A/63629-31/PO (HUME) (Ground Photograph). SAB23056.

Sep 15 2000 , AAS/00/13/G31/26, AAS/00/13/G31/26 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB22602.

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