Located on the west bank of the River Meavy approx. 100m upstream from Shaugh Bridge, these ruins are described in the Dartmoor Heritage Environment Record as being either ‘Bickleigh Mill’ or ‘The old manor pound mill’. It is assumed that the manor in question is Grenoven, which was located to the north. Very little appears to have been recorded about this mill (that the author can find) and the main feature is a rectangular ‘enclosure’ with slotted supports for a waterwheel.
It is recorded that Richard Hansford Worth the site (but there is no mention of it in ‘Worth’s Dartmoor’. The mill is in a very ruined and overgrown state but is easily accessed. If the site is truly “Bickleigh Mill”, it was a tinwork as recorded in the area in early 17th century.
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