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Stonebyres
Threshing Mill (Post Medieval)
Site Name Stonebyres
Classification Threshing Mill (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 43741
Site Number NS54NE 23
NGR NS 597 495
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43741
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Eaglesham
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Eastwood
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS54NE 23 597 495.
The pit and traces of clay pipe associated with a threshing mill were found behind Stonebyres Farm during construction work.
T C Welsh 1970.
Nothing is now visible of the pit, which was found, along with traces of clay pipe, when construction work was being undertaken about 1970 (Welsh 1970, 42). The original account does not state exactly where the pit was located and the owners of the farm cannot now recall where the work took place. Neither the 1st nor the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Renfrewshire 1863, sheet XIX; 1899, sheet XIX.NE) depicts a lade or provides a clue as to where the threshing mill might have been situated within the steading.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 24 October 2007.
Field Visit (2008)
NS 5975 4950 The central spindle for a horse gin mill is situated in the garden to the S of the steading. It measures 600mm from ground to tip and 100mm in diameter at base. Full report published in An Archaeological Survey of Ardoch, Stoneybyres and Threepland Farms, Eaglesham Parish, East Renfrewshire by Susan and Robin Hunter. ACFA (Glasgow University) Occasional Paper’.
Archive: This paper has been deposited with RCAHMS and WoSAS
Robin Hunter and Susan Hunter (ACFA), 2008
