The stone cist within barrow PRN 0535.00 at Glen Auldyn, which would have contained a cremation burial. The cist is in the northwest quadrant of the barrow and is orientated northwest to southeast. Two stone slabs measuring 1.0 metre long by 0.2 metre thick and 0.5 metres deep form the sides of the cist. The end slabs are missing and one small stone slab alone remains of the floor.
The remains of a barrow, which measures 12 metres in diameter and is 60 centimetres high. The barrow mound has been robbed of much of its stone, probably taken when the nearby road was built. It now survives as a ring or kerb consisting of white quartz boulders, slate slabs, rubble and soil. Many of the stones have a distinct outward lean. Other large stone slabs are exposed in the interior. In the northwest of the remaining mound is the stone cist, which is orientated northwest to southeast and its sides are formed by two stone slabs 1.0 metre by 0.2 metres by 0.5 metres deep. The end slabs are missing and one small stone slab alone remains of the floor.
Modern mill leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Chemical Works'.
A 250m leat provided the works with a water supply, the line of which can still be traced. The leat drew water off the Glen Auldyn stream by means of a weir, the location of which is refered to by the grid reference.
Modern millpond.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Chemical Works'.
The chemical works was provided with a water supply by a 250m leat. A small 0.1 acre millpond provided the means to store additional power.
The site of the pond can still be traced today, and is centred at the grid reference provided.
Modern mill tail race.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Chemical Works'.
The chemical works was provided with a water supply by means of a leat and a millpond.
A tail race returned water to the Glen Auldyn watercourse 190m downstream. Its precise route is not entirely clear on the OS mapping, nor on the ground, and it may have been culverted along its upper course. Its outfall, to which the grid reference relates, is still apparent.
Modern watermill and associated water management (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'. The mill was subsequently converted and used as a woollen mill.
The mill was powered by a waterwheel located on the west gable, and was served by a leat which extended 90m upstream. Additional storage was provided by a small millpond. A tail race returned water to the Glen Auldyn river a further 90m downstream.
The structure is now partly demolished and the site occupied by a domestic garden.
Modern watermill (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill was powered by a waterwheel located on the west gable, and was served by a leat. Additional storage was provided by a small millpond. A tail race returned water to the Glen Auldyn river downstream.
The structure is now partly demolished and the site occupied by a domestic garden.
Modern watermill (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'. It was later used as a woollen mill.
The mill was powered by a waterwheel located on the west gable, and was served by a leat. Additional storage was provided by a small millpond. A tail race returned water to the Glen Auldyn river downstream.
The structure is now partly demolished and the site occupied by a domestic garden.
Modern mill leat (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill was served by a leat which extended 90m upstream.
The structure is now partly demolished and the site occupied by a domestic garden. The line of the mill leat is no longer visible. The grid reference relates to the point where water was drawn off from the Glen Auldyn stream.
Modern millpond (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill was served by a leat, and additional storage was provided by a small millpond.
The millpond was centred at the grid reference provided, and the site is now occupied by a domestic garden.
Modern mill tail race (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
A tail race, extending 90m north from the mill, returned water to the Glen Auldyn river downstream. The grid reference relates to the location of the outfall.
The tail race is infilled and the site occupied by a dwelling and a garden. The Glen Auldyn stream has been canalised and the position of the buried outfall lies close to the north side of the dwelling.
Modern chemical works and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Chemical Works'.
The chemical works was provided with a water supply by means of a 250m leat and a millpond. A tail race returned water to the Glen Auldyn watercourse 190m downstream.
The process for which the works was used is not known.
The westerly part of the works is now demolished, but the remainder has been converted for domestic use, and is named 'Old Mill'.
Modern chemical works.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Chemical Works'.
The process for which the works was used is not known. It required a water supply which was provided by a leat and a millpond. A tail race returned water to the Glen Auldyn watercourse.
The westerly part of the works is now demolished, but the remainder has been converted for domestic use, and is named 'Old Mill'.
The Ordnance Survey large scale 1:2500 mapping published in 1870 shows a mine entrance at the grid reference provided, with a spoil heap immediately to the south, together with the annotation ' Lead Mine'.
The Glen Chass mine was probably first worked in the late 18th century as a report of 1819 describes it as for the time being abandoned. The mine was reopened in the middle of the 19th century, at which time a shaft was sunk 170m NNW of the adit entrance (see 9498.00).
Despite exploration and development the mine was not profitable and was abandoned in the 1860s following an underground collapse.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping published in 1870 records the presence of a lead mine at the location provided. Two structures are shown, remains of which form portions of the boundary wall.
Photographs in the MNH archives dating to 1975 record the survival of a pair of chimneys associated with the mine: these are not obvious on the OS mapping referred to, and may represent a later development or expansion of the mine. Both chimneys were rectangular in plan, approximately 2.4 metres (8 foot) square at the base rising to about 9 metres in height (30 feet). One chimney was cracked and leaning, however the other appeared in excellent condition. Both chimneys have since been demolished.
The site is now occupied by a modern structure.
The site of a 19th century lead mine complex which was operational in 1865 and is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The wheelpit, aqueduct, chimney and the pillars which supported the pump rods are still visible.
The findspot of a Mesolithic 'Bann' type flint scatter described as coming from 'Field, Glen Cracu, where battle was fought', referring to the supposed early medieval Battle of Santwat.
