View from ESE showing ESE front
SC 681069
Description View from ESE showing ESE front
Date 24/8/1966
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 681069
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 mill from the south, with the kiln on the right. Note that the kiln ventilator is formed by raising the top courses of slates to form a single louvre at the roof ridge. The wheel was on the left gable. The lower wing on the left may be part of an earlier mill. 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 H35/66/29/31
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