Talmine, Corn Mill
Watermill (19th Century)
Site Name Talmine, Corn Mill
Classification Watermill (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Talmine Mill
Canmore ID 5397
Site Number NC56SE 21
NGR NC 58412 62535
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5397
- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC56SE 21 58412 62535
(Location cited as NC 584 625). Corn mill, Talmine, early 19th century. The roofless ruin of a rectangular drystone rubble building with the axle, one pair of spokes and a ring-section of a 4-spoke, high-breast or pitch back wheel, 23.5ins (0.6m) wide by 8ft (2.44m) diameter which had an iron axle and spokes and wooden ring and buckets. The single pair of stones was 50ins (1.27m) in diameter. Part of the wooden-toothed pit wheel survives. The rubble kiln base is intact.
J R Hume 1977.
Field Visit (25 April 2022)
The classification, location and period of this site record have been reviewed and changed from PERIOD UNASSIGNED TO 19th CENTURY as part of record revision work carried out by HES Designations.
Visited by HES Designations (R McDonald), 25 April 2022.
