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Farmstead, still in use, and the remains of a corn mill. According to Warden (1884), David II (1329-1371) granted a charter of the Mill of Dowie to John Masculo, although it is not known if that mill of the same name was on the same location as this one. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as an L-plan corn mill with a rectangular building to the south, and a rectangular miller's house (NO 50346 35374) and a Z-plan steading (NO 50326 35377) to the west. To the north of the steading is a rectangular building. There are two other small rectangular buildings to the north of the mill and miller's house, and two to the south of the miller's house and steading. To the north-west of the steading is an oblong garden enclosure. Further to the north-west there is a mill pond, with a mill lade running from it to the south of the buildings. On the 2nd edition OS map the steading has been extended to the north and south, and a rectangular building has been added in the garden enclosure. The mill pond has roughly halved in size. Current maps show the mill building has been almost entirely removed, leaving only the remains of the dovecot. The steading has been reduced in size to an L-plan, and the mill pond is no longer dammed. Many of the smaller rectangular buildings have also been removed. The dovecot is rectangular and gabled, and is constructed of harled rubble. The door is 6 feet (1.8 metres) above the ground. Skewputts depicting twin human heads is now in the garden of the miller's house.
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NO53NW0019 - DOWNIE MILL