Mill worker's houses, Upperlands
Introduction
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Mill worker's houses, Upperlands
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 2 Oct 2007
Upperlands owes its existence to the linen industry and the Clark family who established the first linen mill there in 1736. Subsequent development of the linen industry and of substantial residences and small groups of workers homes, shaped the form and character of Upperlands. Boyne Row (listed buildings), and its riverside setting, represents workers housing, provided by the mill-owners. There are four man made dams in Upperlands. They are up past the old linen mills. The names of these dams are as follows: Craigs dam, Island dam, Green dam and Lapping room dam. There is a seneic walk around these dam and there is also fishing allowed in these dams as they are stocked with fish for this purpose.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.878789
Longitude
-6.640665