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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

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Digital Images

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the church with farmhouse, barn and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the church with farmhouse, barn and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NW.View from SSEDetail of water wheelCopy of a historic photographic view of Kildonnan Mill, taken from the north west/Eigg, Kildonnan Mill. View from SE.Location view from EView from WGeneral view from ESEView from SSWCopy of colour photograph showing Kildonan Mill, Isle of Eigg.Detail of millstoneGeneral view from ESEView of interior from WOblique aerial view centred on the remains of the church with farmhouse, barn and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the WNW.Detail of millstoneEigg, Kildonnan Mill. View from SE.View from SSEView of interior from WOblique aerial view centred on the remains of the church with farmhouse, barn and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the WNW.General view from NWOblique aerial view centred on the remains of the church with farmhouse, barn and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NW.General view from ESEGeneral view from NWView from SSEEigg, Kildonnan Mill. View from SSE.Detail of water wheelDetail of water wheelDetail of machineryDetail of millstoneLocation view from EEigg, Kildonnan Mill. View from SE.Copy of a historic photographic view of Kildonnan Mill, taken from the north west/Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the church with farmhouse, barn and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the N.View from WDetail of machineryView from SSWView from SSEOblique aerial view centred on the remains of the church with farmhouse, barn and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the N.Location view from EEigg, Kildonnan Mill. View from SE.View of interior from W

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Small Isles
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

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.

Activities

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’.

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