Friday, 18 March 2011

Mills - from Amroth Hub Document

The following on local Mills has been taken from:
http://www.experiencepembrokeshire.com/history-archaeology/heritage-pdf-documents/community-heritage-audits/amroth-community-audit-report?set_language=en

They are reproduced as written and have not been checked for accuracy.

596 GARNESS MILL
Post Medieval MILL
SN1854609538 Open Countryside
Condition: Damaged Accessibility: Visible from road/path
Visitor Potential: Medium Interpretation Potential: Medium
Garness Mill is a former corn mill. It seems to have been known as Gardener's Mill in 1723. It is shown as Garnas Mill on the 1831 Ordnance Survey map and appears on later 19th century maps as a working corn mill. It would appear to have gone out of use as a working mill by, or during the early 20th century and is now a private dwelling.
Public footpath SP10/7/1 passes by the mill house,
NPRN: 0 PRN: 18780
Listed Building Number: Scheduled Ancient Monument Number:
Ownership: Private Management: Private


597 LEDGERLAND WOOLLEN MILL
Post Medieval WOOLLEN MILL
SN1834008673 Open Countryside
Substantial
Destruction
Condition: Accessibility: Visible from road/path
Visitor Potential: Medium Interpretation Potential: Medium
Records show that there was a water mill producing woollen cloth at Ledgerland during the 18th century. Its exact location is not proven, but a ruined cottage at this site is a possible location. It is shown as an occupied dwelling on the 1831 Ordnance Survey map, but had been abandoned by the 1880s. The last person to operate the mill was one James Price, who is said to have built Ledgerland, which stands on higher ground to the north, when he left the woollen mill.
Public footpath SP10/10/1 runs past this site.
NPRN: 0 PRN: 0
Listed Building Number: Scheduled Ancient Monument Number:
Ownership: Private Management: Private

I have included the two following for local interest but they are in Amroth parish:

583 AMROTH MILL
Post Medieval CORN MILL
SN1713007290 Open Countryside
Condition: Damaged Accessibility: Visible from road/path
Visitor Potential: Low Interpretation Potential: Medium
William Rees, on his 1932 map of Wales and the Borders in the 14th Century shows a water mill close to this site. 19th century maps show that Amroth Mill was a corn mill, which worked up until the late 19th century, but it is was disused by the time of the 1905 Ordnance Survey map.
In the HER, PRN3659 refers to the medieval castle of Earewere.
NPRN: 0 PRN: 18816
Listed Building Number: Scheduled Ancient Monument Number:
Ownership: Private Management: Private


585 FACTORY
Post Medieval WOOLLEN MILL
SN1752907608 Open Countryside
Substantial
Destruction
Condition: Accessibility: Visible from road/path
Visitor Potential: Medium Interpretation Potential: High
Although there are records of a fulling mill in this area, which was out of use by 1481, its location is not known. During the 19th century, there was a woollen mill at Factory, the original mill possibly being alongside the leat serving Amroth Mill (which lies down the valley to the southwest) and now surviving only as ruins in the woods. Factory is the name of the house alongside the present trackway upslope from the woollen factory , which was out of use by the 1870s.
A footpath passes between Factory House and the old woollen factory.
NPRN: 0 PRN: 18817
Listed Building Number: Scheduled Ancient Monument Number:
Ownership: Private Management: Private

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