Hamilton, Avon Road, Old Avon Mill
Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hamilton, Avon Road, Old Avon Mill
Classification Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Avon Water; Avon Mill
Canmore ID 202860
Site Number NS75SW 62
NGR NS 73460 54687
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/202860
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Hamilton (South Lanarkshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS75SW 62 73460 54687
Avon Mill (disused) [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, September 2010.
Location formerly entered as NS 73448 54659.
(Location cited as NS 734 547). Avon Mill, early 19th century. The ruins of a 3-storey and attic rubble building on an L plan, with the skeleton and some paddles of a 6-spoke, low-breast paddle wheel, about 3ft (0.91m) wide by 16ft (4.88m) diameter, with wood spokes and paddles, and iron rings and axle. There is also a turbine, now inaccessible.
J R Hume 1976.
Field Visit (2017)
The mill has been demolished and replaced by a modern building.
At the time of the survey, some pieces of mill machinery, including
a possible mill-stone, were lying in the garden.
Information from the Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (Northlight Heritage), 2017
