Bute, Ascog Mill
Carding Mill (19th Century) - (20th Century), Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Fulling Mill (Period Unassigned), Grain Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bute, Ascog Mill
Classification Carding Mill (19th Century) - (20th Century), Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Fulling Mill (Period Unassigned), Grain Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Montford, Millburn Bridge
Canmore ID 294608
Site Number NS16SW 71
NGR NS 1064 6410
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294608
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kingarth
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS16SW 71 105 640
Mill: Located at Millhole beside burn. There is an oval stone structure with opening at lower end (probable corn kiln), on steep slope S of burn just E of march dyke with Bogany. Turf walls in vicinity. There were three mills (corn, fulling & carding) in early 19th century (Blain). The site of 'Touk Mill on Boganie' (Ascog Papers, 1655) is probably nearby.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9) (RCAHMS WP000273)
Site 62, Ascog Mill, NS 105 640
Not much remains of the three mills which occupied this site on the south side of the burn at Millhole in the early 19th century. Blains refers to a corn mill, a fulling mull and a carding mill. The corn mill was already in existence in the 16th century.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000.
This site was noted during a coastal zone assessment survey undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd to characterise the state of coastal erosion and the threat it poses to cultural heritage sites. A gazetteer in the report included a note of existing records and new sites when discovered. Where the site was located, notes included condition, period/date and recommendations.
Commissioned by The Scape Trust and Firth of Clyde Forum on behalf of Historic Scotland.
Cressey and Johnson 2004
This corn-drying kiln was not found on the date of visit on the steep, heavily overgrown, S bank of the Ascog Burn, where, some 70m S of Burnside Cottage, there are disused stone and coal quarries. One of the quarry scoops may have been misidentified as a kiln.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, JH) 20 May 2009.
Field Visit (1991 - 1999)
Mill: Located at Millhole beside burn. There is an oval stone structure with opening at lower end (probable corn kiln), on steep slope S of burn just E of march dyke with Bogany. Turf walls in vicinity. There were three mills (corn, fulling & carding) in early 19th century (Blain). The site of 'Touk Mill on Boganie' (Ascog Papers, 1655) is probably nearby.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9) (RCAHMS WP000273)
Site 62, Ascog Mill, NS 105 640
Not much remains of the three mills which occupied this site on the south side of the burn at Millhole in the early 19th century. Blains refers to a corn mill, a fulling mull and a carding mill. The corn mill was already in existence in the 16th century.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000.
Field Visit (December 2003)
This site was noted during a coastal zone assessment survey undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd to characterise the state of coastal erosion and the threat it poses to cultural heritage sites. A gazetteer in the report included a note of existing records and new sites when discovered. Where the site was located, notes included condition, period/date and recommendations.
Commissioned by The Scape Trust and Firth of Clyde Forum on behalf of Historic Scotland.
Cressey and Johnson 2004
Field Visit (20 May 2009)
This corn-drying kiln was not found on the date of visit on the steep, heavily overgrown, S bank of the Ascog Burn, where, some 70m S of Burnside Cottage, there are disused stone and coal quarries. One of the quarry scoops may have been misidentified as a kiln.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, JMH) 20 May 2009.
Note (6 February 2012)
The ruin of one of the Ascog Mills stood at NS 1064 6410 and is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6 inch map (Argyllshire 1869, Sheet CCXV).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 6 February 2012
