Modern watermill and associated water management.


The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868-9 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation 'Corn Mill'.


The mill building was relatively small. An annexe on the NE gable served as a grain store. The OS of 1868-9 shows a number of ruins nearby which may have been connected to the mill: the area is still prone to flooding which may explain their condition.


The mill was supplied by a long leat extending 270m upstream, the lower part of which, directly adjacent to the rear of the building, widened out to form a millpond 0.16 acres in area. A tail race some 200m in length returned water to the river downstream.


The mill still stands today. Much of the mill leat and millpond have been infilled and built over, though part of course of the leat is still apparent in the grounds of Thie Slieau Whallian. The tail race survives more clearly.