Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Mossyard HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No Activities Guide available. OpeningTime1 10 am to 5 pm OpeningDate1 8/9/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9114 Refreshments No Street The street address Kirkdale Sawmill AddressLine2 Carsluith Postcode DG8 7EA Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kirkdale Water Powered Sawmill Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1082 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,54.85487,-4.317927; Description An account of the resource The Kirkdale sawmill is driven by an overshot waterwheel and dates form the early 1800s. It was used as an estate sawmill and joiners' shop until the 1970s.It has recently been restored with a new sloping roof over the saw bench, replacing the previous pitched roof. The mill dam, sluice gate, and mill lade have also been repaired.At one time in the 1920's and 1930's the mill wheel also powered a generator to provide electricity for Kirkdale House, as well as two circular saws.The sawmill was used for many years by the estate joiner, and his workshop here was a meeting place for local children before Carsluith School closed in 1964.The sawmill is situated beside the Kirkdale burn which fills the mill pond above. The burn runs from beyond the prehistoric standing stones at Cairn Holy to the sea at Ravenshall near Dirk Hatterick's cave, which features in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890s