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'.