Sites and Monument Record: Burnhouse Mill (SMR 513)
Description
A mill is shown on the early 19th century plans. It consisted of a small rectangular building to the NE of the farm of Burnhouse. The remains stand beside the Skipperton Burn. As a result of terracing the S wall is c3.5 m tall from the outside, but only c2.5 m inside the building. Beam slots in this wall show that it was two storied. The doorway, with plain margins, lies central to the NE side. The SW wall has completely collapsed, no doubt due to the fact that it lay alongside the lade and carried the water wheel. The NW wall is buried under rubbish dumped down the valley side from the farm buildings.
The mill was fed from a large pond created on the line of the burn by an earth dam. Though not deep, the pond lay at some distance above the mill and would have provided a clear head of water. The damhead was lined with sandstone, part of which may still be seen, It has been extensively restored with a new sluice installed to a concrete spillway in 1995.
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