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Camilty Gunpowder Mills
Gunpowder Works (19th Century)
Site Name Camilty Gunpowder Mills
Classification Gunpowder Works (19th Century)
Canmore ID 270114
Site Number NT06SE 45
NGR NT 06191 61409
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270114
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Mid Calder
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
Camilty
Down in a wooded bend of Camilty Water, impressive ruin of the eight-bay, 19th-century powder mill, 2ft-thick crosswalls remaining like a deserted cathedral, and haunting policies of vanished Camilty. Weir and falls to the south.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Demolished.
