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Architecture Notes
Event ID 677763
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/677763
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see also archaeology notes.
New Mill, Kippen, c. 1800
Description: ?2 storey stone building, built predominantly of reddish sandstone. Waterwheel on W end of mill.
Condition: In ruins; W wall stands complete but only wall bases remain of other walls; wheelshaft in situ; otherwise gutted.
Wheel: Apparently external wheel on the W end of mill; presumably overshot, approximately 13 feet [in diameter] by 3 feet 6 inches [in width]. Iron wheelshaft in situ.
Danger of Damage/Demolition: Likely to collapse.
Drive System: No evidence other than that drive was by pit-wheel.
Mill Machinery: No evidence.
Remarks: No millstones or other evidence found.
Visited and photographed by Alan Stoyel, Doune, Perthshire, Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings Wind and Watermill Section Watermill Record Card (copy), 2 October 1970.
Information from NMRS MS/749/109.
