Reay, D Miller' s Cottage View from N showing cheese press
SC 438243
Description Reay, D Miller' s Cottage View from N showing cheese press
Date 17/5/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 438243
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 3502 PO
Scope and Content Steading with cheese press, Reay, Caithness This apparently unremarkable range of single-storey buildings has the unique feature of a cheese press built into the front wall, towards the west end of the building. There is a joiner's workshop at the east end of the range. This view shows the cheese press set into the wall, with its unusually massive weight. A cheese press generally had a heavy stone weight in an iron or stone frame, with a screw for raising or lowering the weight. Newly-made cheeses in their moulds were squeezed in the press to remove whey. It was usually free standing. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/154/9
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