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Dechmont
Mill Dam (Period Unassigned), Saw Mill (Period Unassigned), Smithy (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dechmont
Classification Mill Dam (Period Unassigned), Saw Mill (Period Unassigned), Smithy (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 180543
Site Number NT07SW 25
NGR NT 038 708
NGR Description Centred on NT 038 708
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/180543
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Livingston
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07SW 25 centred on 038 708
There is a saw mill, driven by water, north of the village of Dechmont.
Ordnance Survey Name Book, 1856
A village comprising one unroofed building annotated Ruin, sixteen roofed buildings, of which one is a Smithy and another is a Saw Mill, their associated enclosures and a Mill Dam is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire 1856, sheet 10). The larger modern village of Dechmont is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 October 2000
