page_title: Carse Loch
section_title: Carse Mills
hierarchical_section_title: Carse Loch / History / Carse Mills
caption_attribution_description: English: Carsemill, Auldgirth, Dumfries &amp; Galloway, Scotland.
context_page_description: Carse Loch is situated in a low-lying area, surrounded by woodland, close to the A76 at Friar's Carse, in Dumfries and Galloway, Parish of Dunscore. It was once used as a monastic fish pond and the friars are said to have hidden their treasures on the crannog in times of danger. The loch is located about 7 miles from Dumfries and 2 miles from Auldgirth.
context_section_description: The corn mill or miln (Scots), shown near 'Grange Loch' in 1747, was still operational in 1909 fed by the Laggan Burn with two holding ponds with a dam and sluice located to the south of the minor road at Burnhead. The OS maps show that the lade leading away from the mill originally emptied into the Mains Burn until the 1890s when the water entered the partly drained loch directly. The Mains Burn empties directly into the River Nith. A diversion lade is shown on the 19th century OS maps, allowing water to be directed away from the water wheel when required.
  A smithy and a small school are marked on the 19th century OS maps next to Grangeview below Burnhead Farm.
  A mill building is also shown in 1855 at Carse Mains Farm below Penflowing Bridge, where a small millpond and dam was once located. By 1899 the millpond had been drained and only a hydraulic ram is shown at the site of the old mill.
caption: Carsemill in 2012.
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