Bridge Of Weir, River Gryfe, Bridge Of Weir Dam No. 2
Dam (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bridge Of Weir, River Gryfe, Bridge Of Weir Dam No. 2
Classification Dam (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Red Dam
Canmore ID 307573
Site Number NS36NE 152
NGR NS 3873 6585
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/307573
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Kilbarchan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
Field Visit (2009)
Mill, lades, dams and tunnels
Stuart Nisbet
The surviving S footing of the Bridge of Weir Dam No 2 (‘Red Dam’) was recorded at NS 3873 6585 (see entry for Bridge of Weir Dams Nos 1, 3 and 4, under Houston parish).
Mill ruins were recorded at NS 3874 6582, and at the SE end of the site are the lower two-storey outer walls and
windows of the former six-storey cotton mill (1791), the site of an earlier Lint Mill (1760s).
A wheel pit and tailrace (NS 3875 6580) by-pass the W end of the Bridge of Weir Dam No 3, in a deep rock cleft (‘The Gully’), then feed the Bridge of Weir Dam No 4.
Archive: Detailed plan in Bridge of Weir History Society archive