Hello to everyone, Those of you who took up the offer of a scanned image of Port Bannatyne sawmill might be interested to know I have found out a bit more about the mill, thanks to the generous help of Bute Museum. I think this might be the Kames saw mill that Janelle was asking about a while ago. The exact date of the building of the original mill is not know but there is a reference to it in 1693. It was quite a prosperous lint mill. At one time flax was grown on the island. It was steeped in pools, beaten and hackled at the mill, with the spinning being done in workers' houses. When the trade declined the owner of the Kames estate converted it into a sawmill, circa 1860. George HALLIDAY was the first tenant. It ceased to operate, probably in the 1920s. The wheel was in place up until about 1940. The cottage has been a private house for many years. It is about a quarter of a mile from Kames Castle, on the road to Rhubodach. Madeleine Wales