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Latitude: 55.9605 / 55°57'37"N
Longitude: -2.7565 / 2°45'23"W
OS Eastings: 352870
OS Northings: 674420
OS Grid: NT528744
Mapcode National: GBR 2S.XJPD
Mapcode Global: WH7TY.MFMZ
Plus Code: 9C7VX66V+5C
Entry Name: Weir, Amisfield Park
Listing Name: Amisfield Park Weir or Cascade
Listing Date: 12 August 1996
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390057
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43530
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200390057
Location: Haddington
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: Haddington and Lammermuir
Parish: Haddington
Traditional County: East Lothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Probably late 18th century. Tall stone weir across River Tyne, stepped profile, fish ladder to N shore.
Martine states that this was reputed to be the site of Newmills, one of Scotland?s first significant industrial enterprises, known as the "Scottish Cloth Manufactory", which operated between 1681 and 1712. The current structure was constructed, or reconstructed, as a landscape feature by the Earl of Wemyss.
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