Sanday, Boloquoy Mill
Watermill (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Sanday, Boloquoy Mill
Classification Watermill (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Boloquoy Farm, Meal Mill
Canmore ID 3445
Site Number HY63NW 38
NGR HY 62595 39059
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3445
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY63NW 38 62593 39061
For Boloquoy Steading (HY 6275 3910), see HY63NW 47.
(Location cited as HY 626 392). Boloquoy Mill, 18th to 19th century. A small rectangular 2-storey rubble building, with an 8-spoke, wood and iron low-breast wheel.
J R Hume 1977.
Field Visit (September 1979)
Two-storeyed mill building, dilapidated but roof intact,
iron breast-shot wheel served by concrete leat on S side.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Sep 79.
Note (1980)
Boloquoy Mill, Sanday HY 6257 3906 HY63NW
Two-storeyed mill with iron breast-shot wheel.
RCAHMS 1980
(OR 287)
Field Visit (1999)
This two-storied stone mill building has a breast-shot wheel and measures 15m in length by 7m wide. It has a slate roof, is partially mortar bonded and is, generally, in good condition. The millstones are set up against the outside wall. It is located to the rear of a stony beach. Ref.: RCAHMS (1980), #198.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
