Archaeology Notes
Event ID 868051
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/868051
NX68SW 29.00 64335 80326
NX68SW 29.01 NX 64345 80471 Weir (Garple Burn: extends into Balmaclellan parish)
NX68SW 29.02 NX 64342 80465 to NX c. 64335 80326 Lade
NX68SW 29.03 NX 64333 80341 Sluice
(Location cited as NX 643 803). Grennan Mill, founded 1506, rebuilt in the late 18th century and again in 1834. A small 2-storey rubble building, with three pairs of stones, driven by a 3ft 4 1/2 in wide by 14ft diameter (1.02 by 4.27m) 10-spoke all-iron high-breast wheel. There are drives from the main vertical shaft to a sack hoist and to a pulley which is probably for an oat bruiser. Preserved by owner.
J R Hume 1976.