View from SSW showing SSW front of sluice with part of mill in background

Description View from SSW showing SSW front of sluice with part of mill in background

Date 24/8/1966

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 681059

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Ochiltree Mill, East Ayrshire This was a good example of a large rural meal mill, and was probably built in the early 19th century, when high corn prices during the Napoleonic Wars encouraged millers to re-equip. This one was powered by a low-breast water- wheel, and had four pairs of millstones. This shows the wastewater sluice at the mill, which was supplied with water by a lade from the Lugar Water. This sluice was upstream from the wheel, which had been removed by 1966, and was opened when the wheel was not in use, to keep the lade running, and prevent silting. Ayrshire became primarily a dairying country from the mid-19th century, reducing the market for milling, other than for animal provender. This mill had been gutted by 1966, but the shell was in good condition, and it was used as a store. It has since been demolished, after being damaged by fire. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/66/29/21

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/681059

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap