NPRN420935
Map ReferenceST18NE
Grid ReferenceST1513387548
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityCaerphilly
Type Of SiteCORN MILL
PeriodPost Medieval
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Description
Former corn mill, one of the largest in the area, with three pairs of millstones and two overshot waterwheels. It is shown and annotated as a working corn mill on the Ordnance Survey 25in mapping, first and second editions of 1875 and 1900 respectively, but ceased milling in about 1910; the building is shown but not annotated on the third edition map of 1920. The mill was demolished in about 1960.
Source: Jones G.G., The Corn Mills of Caerphilly and the Surrounding District, in Melin: the Journal of the Welsh Mills Society, vol. 10 (1994), pp.43-73.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 16 April 2015.