Modern watermill.


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 is associated with the small farmstead of Ballacain.


Water for the threshing mill was primarily drawn off the Ballaugh stream along a short leat; a longer tail race returned to the watercourse downstream. This basic water supply was augmented by a 0.2 acre millpond excavated on the other side of the stream from the farm.


The site of the mill is now occupied by a range of more recent agricultural buildings.