Dowie's Mill Traditional Cache

The River Almond walkway takes you past 5 mill sites between Cramond Brig and the mouth of the ricer. A very pleasant walk. Do note that Salvesen steps are out of use at present and a detour is in place. This cache is well before the steps. 

Dowie's Mill was the highest of five mills on the river Almond. It is referred to in a charter of 1697 when it was acquired by John Menzies id Cammo. 

Originally a grain mill, it became an iron mill in the industrial revolution and there was a sawmill there too. 

It finally was used by a furniture manufacturer until 1934 after which it was occupied by a scrap metal merchant. 

The mill wheel was destroyed in a flood in the 1930s and its use as a mill ceased then. 

The cache is a blue plastic sealed container. 

It is best accessed from the river side.