Alternative Names River Tweed; Caul Stream
Site Type WATERMILL
Canmore ID 57261
Site Number NT63SW 47
NGR NT 60897 32239
Council SCOTTISH BORDERS, THE
Parish MERTOUN
Former Region BORDERS
Former District ETTRICK AND LAUDERDALE
Former County BERWICKSHIRE
Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Accessing Scotland's Past

Situated to the south-west of Clint Mains, Mertoun Mill occupies a site on the north bank of the River Tweed at a stretch known as the 'Caul Stream'.

It consists of a three-storeyed, L-plan building, from which the associated machinery had evidently been removed by the 1970s.


Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project at http://www.accessingscotlandspast.org.uk

Architectural Notes

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Scottish Record Office

Pencil sketch
N.D. GD 157/1992

Notes and Activities

Archaeological Notes

NT63SW 47.00 60897 32239

NT63SW 47.01 NT 60818 32267 Weir (Caul).

Formerly entered under classification Corn Mill.

Mertoun Mill [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1992.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office
Pencil sketch
N.D. GD 157/1992.
(Undated) information in NMRS.

(Location cited as NT 610 321). Mertoun Mill, Mertoun, early 19th century. A 3-storey rubble building on an L plan, apparently gutted.
J R Hume 1976.

Hume, J R (1976) The industrial archaeology of Scotland, 1, Lowlands and Borders London
Page(s): 84 Held at RCAHMS J.4.11.HUM

Strang, C A (1994) Borders and Berwick: an illustrated architectural guide to the Scottish Borders and Tweed valley, RIAS / Landmark Trust Series [Edinburgh]
Page(s): 158-9 Held at RCAHMS D.1.BOR