Sites and Monument Record: Larbert Mill (SMR 1031)

Description
3 storey building lying parallel to the River Carron just to the east of Larbert Bridge. It was fed from a pond created by damming the Lightwater Burn - and not by the River Carron as might be expected.

Object detail

Site type
building
mill; water
Site history notes
An estate plan of 1790 shows this building as a mill. Its origins may have been associated with the lost Carmuirs Mill.
A pond backed up water from the Lightwater Burn for driving the water wheels. In 1873 it is described as a corn and barley mill "contaiing three pair of stones and one barley stone". In latter years a water powered turbine was in use. The first three editions of the OS maps all refer to it as a corn mill. It remained in operation into the last half of the 20th century, latterly for the preparation of animal feeds.
Site conservation date
18th Century
Site grid ref
NS 8605 8174
Conservation status
Georgian

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