Carrongrove Paper Mills
Paper Mill (19th Century)
Site Name Carrongrove Paper Mills
Classification Paper Mill (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Denny; Dunipace; River Carron; Carron Glen; Fankerton; Stoneywood
Canmore ID 45971
Site Number NS78SE 22
NGR NS 7950 8300
NGR Description Centred NS 7950 8300
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45971
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Denny
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS78SE 22.00 centred 7950 8300
NS78SE 22.01 NS 7977 8284 Lodge
(Location cited as NS 797 830). Paper mill, mid 19th century. The bulk of this large complex is modern, but there is a neat single-storey Goithic lodge with decorative slating and cast-iron, roof-ridge ornament.
J R Hume 1976.
The mill is visible on WW II oblique RAF air photograph (No.1 CAM, AF811, flown 8 May 1942).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), August 2004
This mill is situated on the S bank of the River Carron, at the foot of the Carron Glen, and between Fankerton and Stoneywood.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 February 2006.
Closed and for sale.
Information from Matt Hume, Summerlee Heritage, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, 23 November 2006.
Publication Account (14 November 2024)
NS78SE 22 NS7950 8300
Carrongrove Paper Mill
This paper Mill was in existence by 1819, closing in 2005.
Information from Miriam McDonald (HES, Heritage Recording Service), 14 November 2024.
See also: Falkirk Local History Club website entry for history of Carrongrove Paper Mill at https://falkirklocalhistory.club/around-the-area/buildings/paper-mills/carrongrove-mill/ (accessed: 14 November 2024).
“Sale… The following SUBJECTS, which belonged to the late ROBERT WEIR, Esquire of Randolph Hill, Stationer, Glasgow, situated in the Parish of Denny, and County of Stirling, viz:-
1. CARRON GROVE PAPER MILL, on the South side of the road from Denny to Tamaree Mill, with the Machinery and Plant therein, including Water Wheel, Waterfall, beating Engines, Rope Cutter (stock made from old rope), Steam Boiler, Steam Drying Pipes, Callanders, Dry and Wet Presses, Cutting Machines, Yankee Machine, & c.; also, the DWELLING HOUSE and GARDEN, and large pasture Field lying West of the Mill, all as occupied by Mr John Miller”
Information from Miriam McDonald (HES, Heritage Recording Service), 14 November 2024 from Stirling Observer 1 August 1867,1 (see: The British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000474/18670822/060/0001 (Accessed: 14 November 2024)).
