Barry Mill

Barry Mill is a three-story stone milling house in Angus used for processing grain. The building contains a meal floor in the basement, a working floor in the middle, and a storage floor at the top, where grain moved through machinery at each level.

Milling activity at this location first appears in written records from 1539, when Balmerino Abbey operated two mills along the Barry Burn. The site evolved over centuries, eventually becoming an important example of how grain processing shaped the local economy.

The mill shows how grain processing was central to daily life in this region, with different floors devoted to specific steps of turning raw grain into usable meal. Walking through the building, visitors experience how labor and machinery worked together in traditional agriculture.

Visitors can walk through all three floors to see the machinery and understand how milling worked. Wear comfortable shoes as the building has narrow spaces and multiple stairs connecting the different work levels.

The mill contains two distinct sets of millstones used at different times: traditional sandstone for hulling grain and French burr stones installed around 1880 for final grinding. These tools reveal how milling technology changed while the operation continued to adapt.

Location: Angus

Operator: National Trust of Scotland

GPS coordinates: 56.50446,-2.75850

Latest update: December 9, 2025 12:20