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Elrig Mills
Mill(S) (18th Century)
Site Name Elrig Mills
Classification Mill(S) (18th Century)
Canmore ID 62731
Site Number NX34NW 37
NGR NX 3225 4725
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62731
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX34NW 37.00 3225 4725
NX34NW 37.01 NX 32204 47269 Mill House (Old Mill House)
About 1/4 mile S of Elrig is a complex series of buildings, formerly bone and meal mills, mostly dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, forming what has probably been the largest mill in the Machars. The whole series of buildings is ruinous and partly unroofed.
I Donnachie 1971.
(Location cited as NX 323 473). Bone and meal mills, Elrig, late 18th and early 19th centuries. A large group of ruinous rubble buildings.
J R Hume 1976.
