TAYNISH MILL - Scottish Natural Heritage

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Summary The short excavation has revealed several features associated with the late use of the Mill building, including surfaces, post holes and a beam slot giving some insight into the layout and later modifications within the ground floor of the structure. This will enable SNH to clear out the rest of the building without damaging the in situ deposits, making the building accessible to the public. The lack of roofing material (slates) and relatively low quantity of building rubble within the excavated trenches suggest the roof and much of the walls, along with the mill wheel had been removed. Apart from artefacts associated with the collapse/demolition of the structure, a midden located over the gear pit is likely associated with the last inhabitants of the building after it no longer functioned as a mill. Wheel grooves worn in stone lined lade Acknowledgements Kilmartin House Museum would like to thank all the volunteers who gave their valuable time to the excavation including; Peter Quelch, Sally Wilkin, Cheryl McCormack, Laura Skelton, Andy Buinton and Jane Simpson. Thanks also go to the SNH staff, particularly John Halliday who organised the funding and to Doug and Gordon who participated in the excavation. As usual thanks go to Sheila Clark for proof reading the text. ii
Contents page 1. Introduction 1 2. Site location and Description 3 3. Historical and Archaeological Background 5 4. Cartographic Evidence 6 5. Aims and Objectives 6 6. Excavation Methodology 6 7. Excavation Results 6 8. The Artefacts 9 9. Discussion 9 10 References 10 Appendix 1: Context Descriptions 11 Appendix 2: Previous Work 17 Appendix 3: Finds List 30 Appendix 4: Digital Photo List 30 Appendix 6: DES Entry 33 iii
Page 1: TAYNISH MILL AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCA
Page 5 and 6: Ardfern Ford N W E Carnassarie S Ki
Page 7 and 8: There is now no discernable trace o
Page 9 and 10: Two limited excavations had previou
Page 11 and 12: edge of a cobbled surface was revea
Page 13 and 14: y scrap merchants. Prior to this th
Page 15 and 16: [004] Layer. Thin layer of dark bro
Page 17 and 18: Pier/pillar base [015] [016] Surfac
Page 19 and 20: [021] Surface. Stone slab surface r
Page 21 and 22: The mill is not identifiable in 17t
Page 23 and 24: Ground floor door into kiln Insulat
Page 25 and 26: Access to the kiln floor was by an
Page 27 and 28: 2.3 Initial draft, compiled by Chri
Page 29 and 30: There is now probably more cause fo
Page 31 and 32: Kiln from NW Drying chamber Extract
Page 33 and 34: Appendix 3: Finds List Contex No Tr
Page 35 and 36: 46 SW wall and pier SW 47 pier SW 4
Page 37 and 38: Appendix 5: DES Entry LOCAL AUTHORI

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