Glendale Mill And Kiln, Glendale, Skye is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Mill, kiln.
Glendale Mill And Kiln, Glendale, Skye
- WRENN ID
- mired-rampart-sable
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- Type
- Mill, kiln
- OS grid reference
- NG 168 497
- Coordinates
- 57.44983, -6.72253
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glendale Mill and Kiln, located in Glendale, Skye, is believed to date from the mid-18th century and was restored in 1972. The buildings are constructed from coursed and caulked, roughly squared rubble with thatched roofs. Some iron pins remain in the north gable of the mill, which were used to secure the thatch.
The mill is a simple rectangular structure featuring a wheel on the south gable, with its west wall built into the side of a hill. A straightforward wooden lade channels water to the overshot wheel, which powers the original machinery that is still in place.
The detached kiln has its west wall also built into the slope. Two-thirds of the interior is occupied by the kiln, which stands about 8 feet high and is made of rubble. It includes a ground floor vent for the fire and is topped with a perforated iron kiln plate. A small square chimney, which has been renewed, is located to the north, and the kiln is capped with a piended thatched roof.
Local climate
Glendale Mill And Kiln, Glendale, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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