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Carsehead
Lade (Period Unassigned), Watermill (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Carsehead
Classification Lade (Period Unassigned), Watermill (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Downie Burn
Canmore ID 89355
Site Number NN92SE 65
NGR NN 9562 2346
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89355
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fowlis Wester
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN92SE 65 9562 2346
The L-shaped building that is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire, sheet xcvi, 1867) 460m NE of Carsehead steading (NN92SE 34.00) survives as footings in an area of undergrowth: the re-entrant angle and the E end are the features most clearly identifiable. On the S, a stream flows in a deeply-cut lade along the natural scarp that overlooks the building.
This lade supplied water to this location from a pond at Carsehead steading, strongly suggesting that the building is the remains of a mill. The height difference between the lade and the footings that survive today would imply that the mill was originally of two storeys, with an overshot wheel and the drive at first floor level. The S bank of the burn which lies immediately to the N of the mill has been revetted with small boulders.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM, JRS), 9 November 1995.
