Skye, Glendale, Glendale Mill And Kiln
Grain Mill (18th Century)(Possible), Kiln (18th Century)(Possible), Museum (20th Century), Water Wheel (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Glendale, Glendale Mill And Kiln
Classification Grain Mill (18th Century)(Possible), Kiln (18th Century)(Possible), Museum (20th Century), Water Wheel (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Corn Mill; Glendale Mill Museum; Pollosgan
Canmore ID 173200
Site Number NG14NE 38
NGR NG 16812 49801
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173200
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Watermill, mid-18th century A rare survival for this date, built of roughly squared and coursed rubble against the rocky flank of a waterfall at the head of Loch Pooltiel. Iron wheel on south gable with machinery dated 1902, overshot by a wooden lade; detached kiln. Originally thatched, it was slated by 1914 , round the time it ceased use. The present straw thatch dates from a 1970s restoration and needs urgent attention.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG14NE 38 16812 49801
(Location cited as NG 168 498). Corn mill, Glendale, 19th century. A rectangular rubble building, thatched, with a single pair of 32in (0.81m) stones driven by an all-iron, 6-spoke overshot wheel, 25in wide by 12ft diameter (1.25 [0.6] by 3.66m), built by A & J Main and Co Ltd, Edinburgh. The millstones, from Rogart Mill, Sutherland [Rogart Mills: NC70SW 47]are on a half-floor. There is a detached thatched kiln, with hipped roof. Restored 1968-9.
J R Hume 1977.
NMRS NOTES:
Glendale Mill - Newscutting, missing at time of upgrade.
Pair buildings of coursed and caulked, roughly squared rubble with thatched roofs; some iron pins remain in north mill gable to which the thatch was fastened. Mill: simple rectangular building with wheel to south gable and west wall built into side of hill; simple wooden lade channels water to overshot wheel, which motivates original machinery still in situ.
Detached kiln has west wall built into slope; two thirds interior taken up by kiln, about 8' high, of rubble with ground floor vent for fire, and perforated iron kiln plate covering the top. Small square (renewed) chimney to north; piended thatched roof. (Historic Scotland)
External Reference (2011)
The miller in the census returns for 1861, 1871 and 1881 was Angus MacLean. The mill is no longer a museum (2011). The building has been re-roofed.
Information from the ARCH Community Timeline course, 2011
Field Visit (16 October 2015)
NG 16811 49800 The thatched roof of the Glendale Watermill Museum collapsed in 2009 following many years of neglect due to low visitor numbers. The mill was first opened as a museum in the 1970s following restoration. It now has a corrugated roof, and whilst all the mill equipment has been removed the door remains unlocked for visitors to look around the building of their own accord. Both the mill and adjacent kiln building are listed as being thatched, their listed building description reading ‘said to be mid 18th century; restored 1972. Pair of buildings of coursed and caulked, roughly squared rubble with thatched roofs; some iron pins remain in north mill gable to which the thatch was fastened. Mill: simple rectangular building with wheel to south gable and west wall built into side of hill [...] Detached kiln: Small square (renewed) chimney to north; piended thatched roof’. The kiln building now also has a flat corrugated iron roof. A photograph on the Glendale website shows both structures thatched in 2002. The listing description for the buildings should be updated accordingly.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 16 October 2015, survey no.111
