MHG34507 - Possible horizontal mill - Lyne

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Type and Period (1)

  • HORIZONTAL MILL? (Undated)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NC 253 142. Faint traces of horizontal mill of Ledbeg documented in early 18th century at cleared settlement of Riancreich.
M Bangor-Jones 1998.

Visited by the Assynt's Hidden Lives project in December 2009. Situated on flat land at the bottom of the valley, overlying a stream which adjoins River Ledbeg is a line of rubble 1m long, covered in earth and overgrown by heather. In the stream is a small stone pile. Together these features were tentatively identified as the remains of the horizontal mill. <1>

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 2530 1420 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC21SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ASSYNT

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