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| HER Number | MWB6234 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | River Barn, Marlston Mill |
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Summary
Water wheel on the River Pang, apparently for driving farm machinery rather than processing grain
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05097.00.000
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Major's survey noted a watermill at SU 542715 on the River Pang <1>. This was apparently built in 1884 but ceased work in 1960. A farm wheel drove a chaff cutter, saw, etc (the machinery built by the foundry in Bucklebury). Major produced drawings of the elevation and plan of River Barn <7>.
No mill is shown here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping <2> although there is a sluice marked. The 5th Epoch <3> however does mark a waterwheel, and it is also present on 21st century mapping. It appears that Hedges Foundry in Bucklebury (MWB4122) made the waterwheels for mills at Woolhampton, Marlston and Bucklebury Manor Farm <4>.
Although there is a listed building in Bucklebury parish called 'River Barn', it appears that this is an error in the text and the building that is designated is in fact another water powered site over 1km downstream to the east of Bucklebury village, locally referred to as Black Barn.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group. 2017. BIAG News, No 42, Summer 2017. No 42. [Article in serial / SWB149578]
http://biag.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BIAG-Newsletter-42-Summer-2017.pdf (Accessed 01/07/2019) |
| <01> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1963-4. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1963-64 61. 61. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p83-91 No 62 in Berkshire Watermills by J Kenneth Major, Mill Index No 41/119. [Article in serial / SWB12042]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=61 (Accessed 21/05/2013) |
| <02> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <03> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. 1:2500 Marked 'Waterwheel'. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <04> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1970. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1970 65. 65. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p49-51 A Berkshire Foundry by Kenneth J Major. [Article in serial / SWB10046]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=65 (Accessed 11/11/2015) |
| <05> | Dils, J and Yates, M (ed). 2012. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire (2nd Edition). p92-93, Berkshire Watermills by Brian Boulter and Sheila Viner. [Monograph / SWB148708] |
| <06> | Greenaway, D and Ward, D (ed). 2003. In the Valley of the Pang. p97 in Watermills on the River Pang by Dorcas Ward. [Monograph / SWB14177] |
Related Monuments
| MWB17279 | River Barn, Marlston (Monument) |
| MWB6235 | Bucklebury Mill (also known as Black Barn) (Monument) |
| MWB4122 | Site of Bucklebury Foundry (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB862 | Berkshire Watermills - Survey 1963 |
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