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New Abbey Corn Mill

New Abbey, Dumfries
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See this 18th-century water-powered mill spring to life to show how oatmeal was made.

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The 18th-century mill is much more than a time capsule of the miller’s craft: it is sometimes still put to work to show how oatmeal is made.

Visitors can join a guided tour with out expert staff to find out how the mill worked, and hear the stories of some of the millers who have worked here over the years. You can admire the mill’s remarkable completeness, too. The buildings and machinery are just as the last miller left them more than 65 years ago. 

A trip to New Abbey is an opportunity to take in the sights and sounds of a bygone age in a wonderful, picturesque setting. At the other end of this pretty village you can swap millers for monks and marvel at the romantic ruins of Sweetheart Abbey.

The upper floor of the mill showing exposed wooden beams, pulleys, lanterns, and machinery, with a burlap sack lying near an open floor hatch.
A family walking across a grassy lawn with the New Abbey Corn Mill building in the background.
Water cascading from a wooden aqueduct onto rocks below, beside the large mill wheel and white stone building.
Two visitors exploring the mill’s wooden interior machinery and walkways.
A close-up of a large burlap sack printed with “New Abbey Mill,” resting among several stacked sacks on a wooden floor.

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