MHG17066 - Former Corn Mill - Balnakeil
Summary
A mortared stone mill building which still has its roof in place.
Type and Period (2)
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Full Description
See also:
NH36NE0004 Balnakeil House
JHooper, 20/09/2001
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Details from NC36NE0072 transferred by John Wood 11.6.99
NMRS description is as follows:
NC36NE 51 3913 6856.
(Location cited AS NC 392 686). Corn mill, Balnakeil, early 19th century. A 2-storey rectangular rubble building, now gutted, with the site of a high-breast wheel about 3ft (0.9m) wide by 10ft (3.1m) diameter. By Balnakeil House (NC36NE 4) is a detached wheel-pit for a wheel about 54ins (1.37M) wide by 10ft (3.1m) diameter, which powered a rope drive to the steading on the hillside above.
J R Hume 1977.
NC36NE 51 3913 6856.
(Location cited AS NC 392 686). Corn mill, Balnakeil, early 19th century. A 2-storey rectangular rubble building, now gutted, with the site of a high-breast wheel about 3ft (0.9m) wide by 10ft (3.1m) diameter. By Balnakeil House (NC36NE 4) is a detached wheel-pit for a wheel about 54ins (1.37M) wide by 10ft (3.1m) diameter, which powered a rope drive to the steading on the hillside above.
J R Hume 1977.
NW SUT Local Plan, May 1987: P23/2.36.
J Aitken : 11/06/01.
A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.
As described by John Hume in the NMRS (and in Hume, 1977, 313). Located adjacent to the modern road is a mortared stone mill building which still has its roof in place. The upper floor of this structure is currently being used as a store with bales of wool being stored there at the time of this survey. There are enclosures and smaller auxiliary buildings at the west which are now unroofed. This mill is in reasonable condition although minus the wooden superstructure of the roof. <1>
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 313.
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . Site 19a.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3911 6848 (89m by 213m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB518 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://trove.scot/place/4814 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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