Swinzie Burn
Dam (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Mill (Period Unassigned), Watermill (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Swinzie Burn
Classification Dam (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Mill (Period Unassigned), Watermill (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 42880
Site Number NS44NE 14
NGR NS 477 482
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42880
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Stewarton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
NS44NE 14 477 482
Mill and dam, Swinzie Burn: Downstream the N bank is walled on a curve fronting a flat area 20 1/4ft by 15ft between 4ft walls, presumably a mill. Opposite the SW corner of the mill a stretch of walling extends from the opposite bank of the stream. Upstream, beyond the curve, short lengths of turf dyke descend the slopes on either side, and the stream bed is walled between. A narrow channel passes from a gap in the turf dyke on the N bank and runs as a lade to rejoin the stream at the E end of the mill.
F Newall 1970
This has been destroyed by forestry ploughing. APs dating from 1952 (RAF APs: 540/802:4186-7) show nothing in this area.
Visited by OS (JRL) 18 October 1982.