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East Cluden Mill

Watermill (18th Century)

Site Name East Cluden Mill

Classification Watermill (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) East Cluden Mills; East Cluden Village, The Mill; Cluden Water

Canmore ID 65667

Site Number NX97NW 37

NGR NX 94163 79343

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65667

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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East Cluden Mill
View from NW showing waterwheels
East Cluden Mill
View from NW showing waterwheelsView of waterwheels from S.View from SW.View from N.View from W showing mill wheels, sluice gates and part of weir, East Cluden watermill.Interior.
Detail of grindstone and gearing.Interior.
General view.Interior.
Detail of wheel in gear cupboard.East Cluden Mill, NX97NW 37, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView of waterwheel from W.Interior.
Detail of remains of geared drives for 3 pairs of stones.Interior.
General view.Interior.
General view.View from S.East Cluden Mill
View from NW showing waterwheelsInterior.
Detail of remains of geared drives for 3 pairs of stones.View of waterwheels from SE.Interior.
Detail of pump.View from W.View from S showing mill wheels, sluice gates and part of weir.Interior.
Detail of pitwheel, wallower and base of upright shaft.East Cluden Mill
View from N showing NE front after conversion to residential use

Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Holywood
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NX97NW 37.00 94163 79343

The Mill [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2009.

NX97NW 37.01 NX 94212 79306 The Mill House

NX97NW 37.02 NX 94105 79330 to NX 94131 79351 to NX 94149 79344 Weir (Cluden Water)

NX97NW 37.03 NX 94149 79344 Sluice

Not to be confused with West Cluden Mill (NX 93990 79381), for which see NX97NW 102.00.

Location formerly entered as NX 9418 7934.

(Location cited as NX 942 794). East Cluden Mills: early 19th century. A two-storey, attic and basement block, now converted to a house, with two 8-spoke, low-breast paddle-wheels with iron axles and rings, and wooden paddles and spokes; about 4ft (1.22m) wide by 16ft (4.88m) diameter. The axles were originally wooden.

J R Hume 1976.

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