Muirshiels, Barytes Grinding Mill
Barytes Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Muirshiels, Barytes Grinding Mill
Classification Barytes Mine (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Muirshiels Mine
Canmore ID 197115
Site Number NS36SW 25
NGR NS 30919 63443
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/197115
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Lochwinnoch
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS36SW 25 30919 63443
'Muirshiels Mill (Barytes) and Quarry are depicted on the OS 2nd Edition map (Renfrewshire, sheet X, 1913). They are now disused.
Information from RCAHMS (HMLB), September 2001.
'...my feeling is that the mill is a Victorian rock-grinding mill, rather than an agricultural mill'.
Information by email, D Goold, Composite Energy Ltd, Laurel House, Laurelhill Business Park, Stirling FK7 9JQ.
RCAHMS MS/5090
