Modern mill leat (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill was served by a leat which extended 90m upstream.
The structure is now partly demolished and the site occupied by a domestic garden. The line of the mill leat is no longer visible. The grid reference relates to the point where water was drawn off from the Glen Auldyn stream.
Modern millpond (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill was served by a leat, and additional storage was provided by a small millpond.
The millpond was centred at the grid reference provided, and the site is now occupied by a domestic garden.
Modern mill tail race (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
A tail race, extending 90m north from the mill, returned water to the Glen Auldyn river downstream. The grid reference relates to the location of the outfall.
The tail race is infilled and the site occupied by a dwelling and a garden. The Glen Auldyn stream has been canalised and the position of the buried outfall lies close to the north side of the dwelling.
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'.
Modern chemical works.
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 process for which the works was used is not known. It required a water supply which was provided by a leat and a millpond. A tail race returned water to the Glen Auldyn watercourse.
The westerly part of the works is now demolished, but the remainder has been converted for domestic use, and is named 'Old Mill'.
The Ordnance Survey large scale 1:2500 mapping published in 1870 shows a mine entrance at the grid reference provided, with a spoil heap immediately to the south, together with the annotation ' Lead Mine'.
The Glen Chass mine was probably first worked in the late 18th century as a report of 1819 describes it as for the time being abandoned. The mine was reopened in the middle of the 19th century, at which time a shaft was sunk 170m NNW of the adit entrance (see 9498.00).
Despite exploration and development the mine was not profitable and was abandoned in the 1860s following an underground collapse.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping published in 1870 records the presence of a lead mine at the location provided. Two structures are shown, remains of which form portions of the boundary wall.
Photographs in the MNH archives dating to 1975 record the survival of a pair of chimneys associated with the mine: these are not obvious on the OS mapping referred to, and may represent a later development or expansion of the mine. Both chimneys were rectangular in plan, approximately 2.4 metres (8 foot) square at the base rising to about 9 metres in height (30 feet). One chimney was cracked and leaning, however the other appeared in excellent condition. Both chimneys have since been demolished.
The site is now occupied by a modern structure.
The site of a 19th century lead mine complex which was operational in 1865 and is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The wheelpit, aqueduct, chimney and the pillars which supported the pump rods are still visible.
The findspot of a Mesolithic 'Bann' type flint scatter described as coming from 'Field, Glen Cracu, where battle was fought', referring to the supposed early medieval Battle of Santwat.
The conjectured site of an Iron Age or Early Medieval fort. It has been dismissed in modern times as a natural feature. It is situated at the floor of a narrow valley and is similar to others in the vicinity. It appears to have been created by the washing away of the soil from around a rock outcrop. It is an irregular shelf with a sheer drop towards the adjacent stream to the west.
The site of a lead mine, shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. An adit appears to have entered the hillside at SC32837827, whilst a chimney still stands at SC32727829.
A small quarry located just to the southeast of the Glen Dhoo shieling settlement. It is not known if it is contemprary with the group of 12 shieling mounds or hut circles within the settlement, which is centred on SC35308988 and thought to represent a probable Early Medieval settlement of Block Eary type.
The Glen Dhoo settlement is centred on SC35308988 and consists of a group of 12 closely set hut circles located either side of the stream. The settlement is thought to represent a probable Early Medieval settlement of Block Eary type.
The hut circles are situated on a marshy shelf which is the gathering point of a northwest flowing stream. The ground rises in all directions to surrounding hills, apart from the northwest, where after 180 metres of gentle downward flow the stream plunges steeply to the valley below. The huts are invisible from the valley below but an outlying hut to the east seems almost to act as a look-out. The shallow course of the stream which passes between the huts shows traces of some disturbance. There are fragments of banks in the area, the purpose of which has not been deduced. No entrances have been found to any of the huts.
One of a scattered group of shieling mounds. P.S. Gelling mapped 12 sheiling mounds in the area, and this is probably one of these. It is one of a pair of shieling mounds which are situated near the crest of a hill. The ground falls away steeply to the north, with a commanding view over the entire valley and the distant lowlands.
The mound is a completely embanked circle with an overall diameter of 8.0 metres. It is built up on the west side by 0.6 metres. The internal diameter of circle is 2.5 metres. The internal height of the bank is 0.2 metres and its external height between 0.2 metres and 0.6 metres.
One of a scattered group of shieling mounds. P.S. Gelling mapped 12 sheiling mounds in the area, of which this is probably one.
This mound has a overall diameter of 8.0 metres, built up in the northwest by 0.5 metres and scooped out in the southeast end by 0.4 metres. The defining peripheral bank measures up to 1.5 metres wide and 0.2 metres high, creating a flat-topped interior diameter of 5.0 metres.