Old Watermill III

Old Watermill Mill on the Dighty burn at Balmuirfield along Harestane Road in Dundee Scotland. The Dighty provided power for industry from at least the 16th Century when grain mills were recorded here. In the 17th Century mills were involved in the waulking of woolen cloth, and bleach fields were also established at this time, some of which persisted until the 20th century. There may have been 56 mills on the river at one point in the 18th century.