Lochans
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Lochans is a small village around 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Stranraer
, in Dumfries and Galloway
, south-west Scotland
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Lochans Mill in the 19th century was a small two-storey range. With walls made with stone rubble and roofed with slate.In the late 1700s this building was built as meal mill. The Wheel at the side is made from cast iron,The Wheel has six spokes and is mounted on a cast-iron axle. Which is 3.66m (12ft) in diameter by 1.37m (4 1/2 ft) wide. Evrey this inside has been removed so the is no machinery.
Stranraer
Stranraer is a town in the southwest of Scotland. It lies in the west of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire.Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland...
, in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
, south-west Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Areas Of Historic Significance
Lochans millLochans Mill in the 19th century was a small two-storey range. With walls made with stone rubble and roofed with slate.In the late 1700s this building was built as meal mill. The Wheel at the side is made from cast iron,The Wheel has six spokes and is mounted on a cast-iron axle. Which is 3.66m (12ft) in diameter by 1.37m (4 1/2 ft) wide. Evrey this inside has been removed so the is no machinery.