The Remains of a Mill Lade?
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The Remains of a Mill Lade?
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 14 Apr 2014
Intrigued by the reference to a Waulk Mill near Kirkmichael Image which gave its name to a bridge over the Water of Girvan Image, I searched a site shown as a mill on a 1902 OS map. There's no evidence of a building but I found what looks like an old lade on the south side of the river, near Arnsow Farm. Although now much silted-up, this channel would have been capable of powering a water-mill. Aitkenhead Mill lies on the opposite bank at the same fast-flowing section of the river, from which its lade was created.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.338944
Longitude
-4.605048