East Linton, Preston Mill, Weir
Weir (Period Unassigned)
Site Name East Linton, Preston Mill, Weir
Classification Weir (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Tyne
Canmore ID 279455
Site Number NT57NE 20.02
NGR NT 59360 77794
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/279455
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonkirk
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57NE 20.02 59360 77794
Weir [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1965.
This weir spans the River Tyne about 150m SW of Preston Mill, to which it presumably controlled the flow of water.
The location assigned to this record defines the mispoint of the structure. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NT c. 59339 77772 to NT c. 59379 77815.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 March 2006.
Standing Building Recording (19 August 2015 - 21 August 2015)
GUARD Archaeology Ltd (GAL) were commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland to undertake a building recording watching brief during the consolidation and restoration of the stone built weir associated with Preston Mill. The Miller’s Weir is aligned NE-SW and built from whinstone and a conglomerate stone. Large medium and small stones laid on end formed the crest of the weir, a flat top measuring 3.6 m wide x circa 60 m long although the NW facing edge of the weir is badly eroded and only 1.4 m of the top of the weir was above water. The weir was built to a height of 1.04 m. From the crest of the weir the spillway sloped down to the SE this measured 2 m wide and was built in the same fashion as the crest of the weir. Running along the top of the SE edge and set into the top of the weir a series of degraded wooden beams were visible. These had been replaced with concrete blocks in places. A single timber beam was visible abutting the E side of one of the timbers at the top of the weir and sloping down to the SE within the fabric of the spillway. It is unclear what if any material bonded the stone construction of the original weir but roughcast concrete and cement pointing were visible forming discrete repairs to the surface fabric of the weir. Around the centre of the weir a large section of the weir had been breached and much of the stone fabric washed away, it is unclear whether this area once contained a sluice gate. The south-east section of the weir was of a different construction with a broader slipway with a less steep slope. This section was built with much larger stones and boulders and does not appear to have been repaired with concrete or cement in the past.
Information from OASIS ID: guardarc1-228184 (A Hunter Blair) 2015
