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MHG64651 - Former corn mill - Harrapool, Skye

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The approximate location of a former mill at Harrapool, a precurser to the C19 mill to the south.

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The approximate location of a former mill at Harrapool, a precurser to the C19 mill to the south.

A 1766 Strath Estate map by Matthew Stobie shows a mill labelled 'Corn Mill' to the north of the location of the current former mill building (see MHG44931), closer to the coast and just to the south of where the coast road used to run. A lade can be seen running towards it from the burn to the south and then out at the northern end of the building with a presumed outlet directly on the coast after first crossing, or perhaps being crossed by, the old coast road either by a ford or a bridge. <1>

John Blackadder's map of Harrapol and surrounding areas dating to 1811 shows four buildings at or near this location. The northernmost of these may be the building shown by Stobie. One of the others, now just to the north of a new road to replace the coast road, may be the current mill building which subsequently replaced the original. <2>

Also known as Strath Mill or Upper Harrapool Mill.
A corn mill was marked on or very near this site on Stobie's map of Strath, 1766 (Macdonald Estate papers RHP22110). Four buildings labelled 'Mill' are marked on John Blackadder's map of Harrapool 1811 (MacDonald Estate Papers RHP5998/16 & 24).
The building is currently (2011) the Skye Serpentarium.
Strath rentals and maps are in the Macdonald Estate Papers, Museum of the Isles, Clan Donald Skye, Armadale. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 6489 2325 (24m by 24m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG62SW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	STRATH

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