Mains Of Ogil
Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mains Of Ogil
Classification Watermill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Mains Of Ogil, Wheelhouse; Mains Of Ogil, Old Cornmill
Canmore ID 77700
Site Number NO46SW 12
NGR NO 44931 61577
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77700
- Council Angus
- Parish Tannadice
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO46SW 12.00 44931 61577
NO46SW 12.01 44910 61552 Farmhouse
(Location cited as NO 449 616). Wheelhouse, Mains of Ogil, early 19th century. A detached rubble building, with a corrugated-iron roof, containing an 8-spoke, low-breast shrouded paddlewheel, with iron rings and axle, and wooden spokes and paddles. The wheel has a rim gear with 256 teeth, which drove a barn thresher (now removed) through a 44-tooth pinion and an undferground shaft.
J R Hume 1977.