This watermill is called Kilmancha in the Blaeu atlas (surveyed perhaps in the 1590s by Pont). I imagine Kilmancha is a misinterpretation by the Dutch engraver of Pont’s manuscript map form (sadly lost for this area) and that the name represents Muileann nam Manach ‘mill of the monks’ or perhaps Am Muileann Meadhanach ‘the middle mill’. It would be unusual to see meadhanach anglicised as Mannoch in the SW however, usually the form is ‘minnoch’.
There are some nice photos of the mill when it was working here: https://www.trove.scot/place/153247
Link to original Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names Facebook post
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