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| Title: |
New Abbey Cornmill |
| Description: |
New Abbey Cornmill is a well preserved water powered cornmill. Originally a small mill
for the monks of Sweetheart Abbey, it was rebuilt in the
18th century and closed as a buisness in the 1940s.
It is owned by Historic Scotland.
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| Date: |
August 2006 |
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| Title: |
New Abbey Cornmill |
| Description: |
The large wheel powers the machinery. The water comes from Loch Kindar via a pond and runs through a trough
to the wheel.
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| Date: |
August 2006 |
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| Title: |
New Abbey Cornmill |
| Description: |
This view of the wheel shows the trough supplying the water supply from a nearby pond.
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| Date: |
August 2006 |
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| Title: |
New Abbey Cornmill |
| Description: |
Inside the mill, the giant wheel supplies power to grinding wheels and rope based
lifs to move the wheat around the building.
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| Date: |
August 2006 |
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