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Invergarry
Saw Mill (19th Century)
Site Name Invergarry
Classification Saw Mill (19th Century)
Canmore ID 333058
Site Number NH30SW 53
NGR NH 3220 0145
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/333058
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
External Reference (19 October 2013)
The site lies between the mouth of the river Garry and the A82 trunk road to Inverness. The ground is generally level but uneven under a mix of both mature and immature Beech, Oak, Birch and Conifer the mature trees being to the North and West of the mill site. The mill originally stood on the river bank (see 1843 plan) but the mouth of the river was amended during the 1950s Hydro-electricity development.
The mill comprised two mortared stone-lined pits one deep and narrow -the wheel pit - the other wider and longer, the mill house. The mill was fed by a c700m lade of which only c200m survives.
Date of construction is uncertain but is thought to be c1800 and there is documentary evidence that Glengarry was selling sawn timber to the Caledonian Canal commissioners. (Highland Archive D456/C/13).
Information from H Rogers, 19 October 2013
