Modern watermill (site of) 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 was supplied by a leat extending 240m upstream, where it was drawn off the Glen Rushen river by way of a weir. Immediately above the mill, the final 40m of the leat broadened out to form a millpond, never more than 5m in width. The millpond led straight to the wheelpit, which was located adjacent to the east gable of the building. The position of a sluice halfway along the east side of the millpond is shown on the OS mapping, without annotation.


A tail race extends 30m from the mill, returning water to the river in time to be drawn into the intake for the next mill (see PRN 2773).


The mill has long been destroyed and its site is occupied by a dwelling and garden. The course of the mill leat is still apparent for much of its length, though much overgrown.