Hunterston Mill
At the mouth of the burn gill next to gulls walk there used to be a Salt Mill and was known as the Hunterston Mill. There is very little information on this building but is shown on many old maps and also the census of 1841 and 1901. It is also unknown if it was owed by the Southanan Estate or Hunterston Estate.
It is unknown when the building was demolished but in the early 1970s the land on which the mill stood became part of the British Steel yard so most likely what was left of the building was removed.
Each farm was responsible for certain amount of acreage of land and the mill was no different. The mill had 70 acre of land in 1871 and its certainly possible that once the salt mill became no longer useful it was used as an additional farm.
Unfortnately no images exist of the mill but using the shapes of buildings as shown on maps and the style of buildings salt mills were based I have made a basic 3d drawing of what the mill could have looked like
It is unknown when the building was demolished but in the early 1970s the land on which the mill stood became part of the British Steel yard so most likely what was left of the building was removed.
Each farm was responsible for certain amount of acreage of land and the mill was no different. The mill had 70 acre of land in 1871 and its certainly possible that once the salt mill became no longer useful it was used as an additional farm.
Unfortnately no images exist of the mill but using the shapes of buildings as shown on maps and the style of buildings salt mills were based I have made a basic 3d drawing of what the mill could have looked like
