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Eigg, Kildonnan, Mill
Mill (19th Century)
Site Name Eigg, Kildonnan, Mill
Classification Mill (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Isle Of Eigg, Kildonan, Former Mill; Crois Bheag; Old Mill; Allt A' Mhuilinn
Canmore ID 106075
Site Number NM48NE 30
NGR NM 48779 85198
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/106075
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM48NE 30 48779 85198
Old Mill [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
(Location cited as NM 48 85). 19th century. A small rectangular rubble building, roofed with corrugated iron, with the skeleton of a wood and iron overshot wheel, of suspended construction, with rim drive.
J R Hume 1977.
Converted to holiday cottage c.1980.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Publication Account (2002)
The principle feature of this rubble-built mill of early to mid 19th-century date is the large suspended breast-shot wheel at the east gable, which has rim drive. To power the wheel, water was diverted from the Allt Eas to the west of the Manse, from where a lade can be traced for about 600m across the hillside. Although converted into a holiday bothy in 1980, it still retains some of its internal machinery.
Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion Guide: Commissioners' Field Excursion, The Small Isles, 23-26 September 2002’.