Prett's Mill
Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Prett's Mill
Classification Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Hyndford
Canmore ID 94894
Site Number NS94SW 55
NGR NS 9018 4014
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/94894
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carmichael
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS94SW 55 9018 4014
Prett's Mill (Corn) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map [no date available].
(Location cited as NS 902 402). Prett's Mill, 19th century. A 2-storey rubble block, forming an L with a kiln and a dwellinghouse range. There are three pairs of stones, situated on a half-floor, and belt-driven by two turbines (installed 1914). There are also a roller mill by Richmond & Chandler, Manchester, and an Albion Patent Grinding Mill by Harrison, McGregor & Co Ltd, Leigh, Lancs. Disused, but intact.
J R Hume 1976.
Site recorded during an archaeological evaluation conducted on 30 alternative route elements, with a combined length of c84km, for a proposed road linking the M8 near Whitburn, Lothian Region with the M6/M74 near Douglas, Clydesdale District.
NS 9015 4015 Corn mill complex
An illustrated report will be deposited with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Roads Directorate of The Scottish Office Industry Department, managed on its behalf by Historic Scotland.
A J Dunwell and R J Strachan 1995.
