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mill, Gilsland
site name:-   Poltross Burn
locality:-   Gilsland
civil parish:-   Upper Denton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   mill
locality type:-   corn mill
coordinates:-   NY63386641 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY6366
10Km square:-   NY66
references:-   Donald 1774

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill on the Poltross Burn 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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