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Ballyarton Mill

Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ballyarton Mill, Derry City and Strabane, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
No type recorded
Address
Ballyarton Mill, Lower Ballyarton Road, Ballyarton TD, Claudy, County Londonderry, BT47 4HZ
Council
Derry City and Strabane
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.90877, -7.18697
Date of survey
26 February 2014
HB reference
HB01/02/015

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Ballyarton Mill, a group of two and three storey whinstone buildings, is located on the banks of the Faughan River 120m to the north west of Ballyarton House (HB01/02/015) accessed off the Ballyarton Road approximately 4.4 km west of Claudy. It is in poor condition with vacant, derelict and partially collapsed sections.

Historical information

N/A

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Ballyarton Mill, a group of two and three storey whinstone buildings, is located on the banks of the Faughan River 120m to the north west of Ballyarton House (HB01/02/015) accessed off the Ballyarton Road approximately 4.4 km west of Claudy. Ballyarton Mill was a bleaching mill in the 1830s, a corn mill by the 1900s and the site is currently being used as a trout farm. The mill was surveyed in the First Survey, found to be derelict, and not listed. It is in poor condition with vacant, derelict and partially collapsed sections. It does not meet the statutory and policy tests as a building of special historic or architectural interest.

General comments

Partial Survey Only - Ballyarton Mill is in poor condition with vacant, derelict and partially collapsed sections. It does not meet the statutory and policy tests as a building of special historic or architectural interest.

This mill complex is on the Industrial Hereitage Record Ref: 01918:000:00

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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