Ironmacannie Mill
Ironmacannie Mill | |
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Category A listed building |
Ironmacannie Mill is a historic
Description
The mill stands on a site about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south of Balmaclellan, on the north bank of the Shirmers Burn. It is a three-story L-plan building, with rubble masonry made of locally mined whinstone.[1] The windows are plain, and mostly in the south-east wall.[1] Two cast iron waterwheels survive, fed via its mill races by water from a dam some 80 metres (260 ft) north of the mill.[1] The larger wheel formerly drove the mill's three grinding stones, while the smaller one operated the bellows for the mill's kiln.[2] There is now a micro hydro generator, providing power for the building.[3]
History
Most of the surviving structure dates to the nineteenth century,
References
- ^ a b c d e Canmore:Ironmacannie Mill.
- ^ a b Hume 2000, p. 147.
- ^ Gardens open for charity.
- ^ Gifford 1996, p. 115.
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland & LB3315.
- ^ Hidden Mill Website.
Sources
- "About". The Hidden Mill. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- Gillespie, Stuart (26 June 2008). "Gardens open for charity". The Daily Record. Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- Gifford, John (1996). The Buildings of Scotland:Dumfries and Galloway. London: Penguin. ISBN 0140-71067-1.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Ironmacannie Mill (Category A Listed Building) (LB3315)". Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ISBN 1-873-190-344.
- "Ironmacannie Mill". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 9 April 2022.