About Benholm Mill

Benholm Mill in Kincardineshire, Scotland, is a restored and fully working water-powered meal mill. It is sited in ancient woodland near Johnshaven (13 miles south of Stonehaven), by the farmlands of Sunset Song country - made famous by local author, Lewis Grassic Gibbon. It featured as Long Rob's Mill in the television serialisation of this novel.

This is a watermill museum as well as a Visitor Centre. Please come and explore the millpond riverside walk and enjoy our home cooking in the tearoom or by the riverside waterwheel or amongst the flowers in the cottage garden.

Mill Pond

The Mill of Benholm is the only surviving traditional water-powered meal mill in Aberdeenshire. Restored to running order, the mill is situated in a delightful rural setting with gardens and ancient woodland.

The first documented evidence of milling at Benholm dates from the 13th century. Today's existing machinery and milling process are fully explained through the interpretation panels in the museum.

Credits

The production of this website has relied heavily on the efforts of others, so we would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have assisted in providing the content we have used. These include:

Aberdeenshire Council, for allowing us to avail ourselves of the content of the Mill of Benholm Booklet, written by Lesley Miller, and beautifully illustrated by Rebecca Hallewell. This booklet, printed by Halcon Printing of Stonehaven is available for purchase in the Mill Tearoom;

Clark Simpson, for the historical background given in his "The Bridges over the Burns of Benholm" booklet, as well as for his other, unacknowledged material;

We'd also like to thank the many unnamed photographers who have generously provided their photo collections for use on the website, as well as any person or persons who might accidentally feature in any photograph

If anyone has any concerns regarding any content of this website, please contact us, and we will review your concerns.

We would also like to thank the many, many people who took part in the renovation project at the Mill during the 1990's, without whose efforts the current project would not be possible. And of course most of all, our thanks to all the current and future staff and volunteer staff at the Mill of Benholm.

New Signs Erected

We are delighted to report that we have been able to erect a complete new set of signage at the Benholm Mill. Read More

Volunteer Opportunities

Thanks to the generosity of the Awards for all scheme, there are a wealth of training opportunities available to volunteers at the Mill. Read More

Neos News

The deadline to enter NEOS 2010 is now closed - If you did create an account, we urge you to check over it, proof it, send in your image and payment.

Thanks to everyone that signed up this year!