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Kella Mill
Modern watermill 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, 'Corn Mill'. The building is a substantial structure, and still survives in use as a distillery. Waterpower was provided by a large millpond, now filled in, which extended to a little over an acre in area. This was primarily was fed from a weir and sluice taking water directly from the adjacent Sulby river, but the supply was significantly augmented from a channel drawn off the tail race of Staward mill. A long 380m tail race returned water to the river just above Sulby Bridge.
Kella Mill
Modern watermill. 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 building is a substantial structure, and still survives in use as a distillery.
Kella Mill
Modern millpond (site of). The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'. Waterpower was provided by a large millpond, which extended to a little over an acre in area, and was centred at the grid reference provided. This was primarily was fed from a weir and sluice taking water directly from the adjacent Sulby river, augmented from a channel drawn off the tail race of Staward mill. The millpond is now infilled.
Kella Mill
Modern weir and sluice. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'. Waterpower was provided by a large millpond, now filled in, which extended to a little over an acre in area. This was primarily was fed from a substantial weir extending across the width of the Sulby river, the intake for which was governed by a sluice. The grid reference relates to centre of the weir structure. The weir still survives today.
Kella Mill
Modern mill leat. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'. Waterpower was provided by a large millpond, fed directly off the Sulby river and by a long 410m channel which drew water off the tail race of Staward mill. The grid reference relates to a point midway along its length for indicative purposes. The millpond and leat have been filled in, though the latter is still visible as a soilmark through the centre of the field it once traversed.
Kella Mill
Modern watermill and associated water management. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'. A long 380m tail race returned water to the river just above Sulby Bridge. The area has since been developed for residential use, but it still contains water for most of its length, and is presumably culverted or piped along its original course back to the river, as the outlet still survives.
Kelly Lawyers Garden, Peel
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Peel by CH Cowley, from 'Kelly the Lawyer's Garden.' No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.
Kennaa Burial Cairn
The site of a Bronze Age cairn and burial cist. It survives as a partially robbed-out, stony mound, measuring up to 20 metres in diameter and up to 1.5 metres high. The ring is about 6 metres thick and has some quartz boulders on its outside face. A collapsed burial cist is exposed within the hollow at the centre of the mound, across which a thin slab still acts as a cap. The monument is fenced off from the rest of the field to protect the site.
Kennaa Corn Mill
Modern watermill (site of) 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, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill. The mill was served by a leat which extends 75m from a 0.2 acre millpond, which stores water from a small stream draining the high ground to the south. A tail race leads the water to the complex of channels which drain the Central Valley curragh westwards towards the River Neb. The structure is now demolished, though the millpond still exists as a water feature.
Kennaa Corn Mill
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, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill. The mill was served by a leat and a millpond which still survive. A tail race leads the water away to the Central Valley curragh. The mill is now demolished.
Kennaa Corn Mill
Modern millpond. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill. A 0.2 acre millpond stored water for the mill by means of a dam across a small stream draining the high ground to the south. A leat connected the pond to the mill. The millpond still exists as a water feature, and is centred at the grid reference provided.
Kennaa Corn Mill
Modern mill leat. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill. A 75m leat connects the millpond to the site of the mill. The grid reference relates to a point midway along its course for indicative purposes. The leat and the millpond still exist, though the mill has been demolished.
Kennaa Corn Mill
Modern mill tail race. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill. A 120m tail race connects the mill to a complex of field ditches leading to the Central Valley curragh to the north. The grid reference relates to a point midway along its length, for indicative purposes. The tail race still exists, though the mill has been demolished.
Kentraugh Bone Mill
Modern bone and saw mill. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records a 'Bone & Saw Mill' at this location. The mill was waterpowered, via a leat off the Colby River. The structure is still standing and is owned by the Department of Infrastructure.
Kentraugh Burial
A number of iron bolts were discovered within gravel deposits interpreted as a storm beach in 1967 at Kentraugh, close to the mouth of the stream. It has been suggested that they may be nails or rivets from a viking ship, and as such may represent the remains of a Viking burial.
Kentraugh Corn Mill
Late Medieval and Modern watermill and associated water management. A mill at Kentraugh is recorded in the 1511 manorial roll. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 shows a corn mill at this location. A millpond is also shown immediately to the east. The mill leat is shown extending for just over 500m upstream, whilst the tail race rejoins the Colby river 200m downstream. The mill still stands and the mill equipment is preserved. The millpond is now filled in. The leat and tail race are still traceable throughout their length.
Kentraugh Corn Mill
Modern watermill. The 1511 manorial roll records a mill at Kentraugh. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 shows a corn mill at this location. The mill still stands and the mill equipment is preserved.
Kentraugh Drying Green
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 large-scale mapping published in 1870 shows a rectangular enclosure lined with bushes in one of the fields on the eastern edge of the Kentraugh estate.  The enclosure was used to dry and bleach the domestic linen from the house after laundering (rather than in the course of textile manufacture). The enclosure has been ploughed out but is still visible as a crop mark, measuring approximately 60 by 25m.
Kentraugh Flour Mill
Modern water mill. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records a flour mill at this location.
Kentraugh Flour Mill
Modern watermill and associated water management. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a flour mill at this location, together with a leat extending 190m upstream to the Colby river. The mill is sited close to the riverbank and the tail race is shown extending for just a few metres until it rejoins the river. The mill is still standing, and the leat is fully traceable.
Kentraugh Flour Mill
Modern watermill. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a flour mill at this location, close to the riverbank. The mill is still standing.
Kentraugh Flour Mill
Modern watermill and associated water management. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a flour mill, fed by a leat extending 190m upstream to the Colby river. The leat is fully traceable, and the grid reference is located at the take-off point from the Colby river.
Kentraugh Gorse Mill
A gorse mill recorded at Kentraugh.
Kentraugh House
A large private residence, set in formal gardens.
Kentraugh Ice House
Modern ice house. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records an ice house at this location. The ice house was built to store ice for use at Kentraugh, the estate owned by the prominent Gawne family since the 1820s. The structure is still standing.