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Kilbirnie
Cottage (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Long Cist (Early Medieval), Mill (18th Century), Mill Pond (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Tail Race (Post Medieval)
Site Name Kilbirnie
Classification Cottage (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Long Cist (Early Medieval), Mill (18th Century), Mill Pond (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Tail Race (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 42220
Site Number NS35SW 6
NGR NS 3185 5378
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42220
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilbirnie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS35SW 6 3185 5378.
(NS 3185 5378) Long Cist found (NAT)
OS 25" map (1973)
An empty stone coffin, 6 1/2 feet long by 2 1/2 feet wide, was found about 1792 by Mr G Dickie of Nether Mill, when cutting the present road near the Mill pond. Its remains were used in the construction of the road.
Name Book 1855
This site falls in an area of disturbed ground, but nothing remains that can be identified with the long cist. Though the New Statistical Account (NSA 1845) states that it was found 'near the base of a large barrow or mound', this feature, at NS 3184 5377, is not an antiquity.
Visited by OS (RDL) 12 May 1964.
Archaeological Evaluation (22 May 2007 - 23 May 2007)
NS 3189 5377 A programme of archaeological evaluation and survey works was undertaken on 22–3 May 2007 in respect of the proposed residential development at Nether Mill, Kilbirnie. The evaluation opened nine trenches covering the available open ground to the E of the mill complex and over the site of a long cist exposed in 1798. A representative sample, as agreed with WoSAS, of all of the uncovered features with
archaeological potential was investigated. The trenches exhibited a common stratigraphic sequence with topsoil up to 450mm in depth overlying variable subsoil. Occasional rubble field drains indicating an attempt at improvement were apparent throughout the eastern fields and an area of broad rig was recorded in the
southern field. The elements of the Mill Complex were recorded; a denuded late 18th-century mill with adjoined cottage survives with fragments of an internal geared 19th-century wheel extant. The lade, mill pond and races are still identifiable but no longer hold water. No mill machinery, other than the fragmentary wheel, remains on site and the structure stands no more than one storey high. The mill is a minor structure and in a poor condition; it should be considered as of local importance.
Report deposited with WoSAS and archive deposited with RCAHMS.
Funder: Kilbirnie Land Ltd.
