Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings centred at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date: its availability to rent is advertised in local newspapers from at least 1807, and is described as including a miller's house and kilns for drying the corn. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today.
Waterpower was derived from a long 400m leat, drawn off the Sulby river from a weir immediately downstream of Sulby Woollen Mill, and augmented by the tail race from the woollen mill. The mill was protected by a complex overflow race governed by two sluices. A 150m tail race returned the water to the river.
A second leat ran from the corn mill, parallel to its tail race, to a separate small mill housed 75m downstream in one of the farmbuildings at Staward farm, where it would have processed animal feed. A separate tail race returned the water to the Sulby river a further 100m downstream.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings centred at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date: its availability to rent is advertised in local newspapers from at least 1807, and is described as including a miller's house and kilns for drying the corn. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today.
Waterpower was derived from a leat drawn off the Sulby river from a weir immediately downstream of Sulby Woollen Mill, and augmented by the tail race from the woollen mill. The mill was protected by a complex overflow race governed by two sluices. A tail race returned the water to the river.
Modern mill leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date: its availability to rent is advertised in local newspapers from at least 1807. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today.
A 400m leat, drawn off the Sulby river from a weir immediately downstream of Sulby Woollen Mill, and augmented by the tail race from the woollen mill, provided the necessary waterpower.
The upper part of the leat is still traceable on the ground, but the lower reaches beyond the Sulby Claddagh bridge have been infilled and are only visible as soil- and crop-marks.
The grid reference relates to the midpoint of its route for indicative purposes.
Modern overflow race.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today.
The mill was protected by a complex overflow race governed by two penstocks, emptying back into the Sulby river 50m west of the building. Its course is traceable as a soil- and crop-mark, to which the grid reference relates.
Modern mill tail race.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today.
Waterpower was derived from a leat drawn off the Sulby river from a weir immediately downstream of Sulby Woollen Mill. A 150m tail race returned the water to the river, where it contributed to the flow feeding the millpond at Kella Mill about 40m downstream.
The tail race has been filled in and the only indication of its former route is from soil- and crop-marks. The grid reference refers to a point midway along its former course.
Modern miller's house (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date: its availability to rent is advertised in local newspapers from at least 1807, and is described as including a miller's house, which is shown on the OS mapping of 1869. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today.
The miller's house lay at the grid reference provided, just to the SSW of the mill.
Modern corndrying kilns (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date: its availability to rent is advertised in local newspapers from at least 1807, and is described as including kilns for drying the corn. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today.
The kilns would have been housed in one of two extensions to the main mill building, probably that on the north (down-wind) side.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today. Waterpower was derived from a leat drawn off the Sulby river from a weir immediately downstream of Sulby Woollen Mill.
A second mill was housed at Staward farm itself, powered by water supplied along a second leat which ran from the corn mill 75m away to the SSW. The farm mill would have processed animal feed. The Staward farm complex was developed to encourage agricultural efficiency, with animal accommodation and storage aranged around a square courtyard. A datestone of 1842 is placed over the entrance.
Modern mill leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today. Waterpower was derived from a leat drawn off the Sulby river from a weir immediately downstream of Sulby Woollen Mill.
A second mill leat directed part of the water supply from the corn mill to a mill housed at Staward farm itself for processing animal feed. This leat lay parallel to, and immediately east of, the corn mill tail race, before crossing to the farm mill by means of a trough.
The grid reference relates to a point midway along its course for indicative purposes. The line of the leat is now marked by a boundary, and the channel has been filled in.
Modern mill tail race.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a group of buildings together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
The mill complex was of late 18th or early 19th century date. The buildings were ruinous by the 1960s and only part of the shell of the mill survives today. Waterpower was derived from a leat drawn off the Sulby river from a weir immediately downstream of Sulby Woollen Mill. A second mill leat then directed part of the water supply from the corn mill to a mill housed at Staward farm itself for processing animal feed. A separate tail race returned the water to the Sulby river a further 100m downstream.
The grid reference relates to a point midway along its course for indicative purposes. The channel has been filled in, and is only traceable as a soil- or crop-mark.
Two flint axeheads are recorded from Strandhall, found by a Dr Clague. Although several of Dr Clague's finds are now in the Manx National Heritage collections, these items are not readily identified.
Worked flint, comprising flakes and scrapers have separately also been recorded from Strandhall.
It is not clear precisely where the finds have been made, nor whether they all come from the same locality. Strandhall farm lies at SC23836872, but name is applied to the coastline for several hundred metres to the east and west.
An inhumation burial was found during ploughing and subsequently excavated by L.S. Garrad in 1982-3. Nearby, a concentrated deposit of cremated bone, which was probably originally buried in a bio-degradable container. Two body sherds from a cordoned urn (Accession No 83-203a) were recovered from an adjacent setting of stones but no other finds were noted. The two burial areas were separated by a partially stone-lined gutter of which the function was not apparent.
An inhumation burial within a stone cist was found during ploughing and subsequently excavated by L.S. Garrad in 1982-3. It was thought to have originally covered by a barrow or cairn. Nearby, a small deposit of cremated bone was found, which was probably originally buried in a bio-degradable container. Two body sherds from a cordoned urn (Accession No 83-203a) were recovered from an adjacent setting of stones but no other finds were noted. The two burial areas were separated by a partially stone-lined gutter of which the function was not apparent.
The remains of a submerged forest have been identified on the shore at Strandhall. Excavations by W. Cubbon have found prehistoric flints below the high water mark.
