Archaeology Notes

Event ID 862970

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR97SE 24.09 from 9555 7178 to 9590 7052

Lade constructed for the powder mill runs N to S on the W side of the site. The lade survives in parts and some sluices were identified.

The lade, depicted as a ditch on current OS 1:2500 scale digital maps, is traceable from NR 95546 71787 where it leaves the Craignafeoch Burn running SW then S. It enters the factory site at c.NR 95616 71279 continues S to pass under the road at NR 95742 70649, returning to the Craignafeoch Burn at NR 95893 70572.

At c. NR 95755 70595 a burn from Ascog Loch joins the lade. The burn has been canalised and was utilised to supply water to the factory.

Information from RCAHMS (DE, MKO), July 1988; 2007