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Site of Oldmill Reformatory (male) as depicted on OS 1st edition map with gardens to the south of the building, and on the 2nd edition map. On the southwest side of the gardens is a pond. It opened in March 1857, certified to accommodate up to 150 boys aged 10 to 16 who had been sentenced by the courts to detention for between two and five years. It closed in 1898, and the site acquired by Aberdeen Parish Council, the buildings being demolished by 1925 to make way for the new Aberdeen poorhouse, also known as Oldmill Hospital, which later became Woodend Hospital (NJ80NE0539). The reformatory building was described as a large plain stone building part single- and part two-storey with a large attached farmsteading. The offenders sent here were taught boot and shoemaking, tailoring and farming. Walkover survey of Denburn by Alder Archaeology in 2019 (NJ80NE0579) included the site of the pond, but found no visible remains.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Aberdeen City
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NJ80NE0335 - OLDMILL