North Woodside Flint Mill
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North Woodside Flint Mill
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 26 Sep 2009
Flint was roasted and pulverised here to provide a powder that was used to strengthen ceramics and also to provide a lighter colour. Flints are usually associated with the Cretaceous chalks of England and would have been imported from the south - they are very rare in Scotland. The mill closed in 1959.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.877934
Longitude
-4.282105