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. 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 20m leat. This water supply was presumably inadequate in the summer or during times of heavy use, as extensive arrangements to provide additional power are also shown on the OS mapping.


Upstream of the farm, a weir (located at SC3409094477) led off water along a second leat, some 70m in length, to a 0.2 acre millpond excavated on the other side of the stream from the farm. The grid reference provided marks the midpoint of the leat for indicative purposes.


The site of the mill is now occupied by a range of more recent agricultural buildings, and the leats and millpond have been infilled.