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Upper Harrapool, Mill Detail of wheel hole
SC 494159
Description Upper Harrapool, Mill Detail of wheel hole
Date 19/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 494159
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former water-powered corn mill, Broadford, Skye This was a good example of the small rectangular corn mills of the western highlands and islands. The kiln. roofless by 1976, appeared to be an addition. The wheel had gone, but was probably overshot. The building was in use as a store in 1976. This view shows the hole in the wheel gable of the mill through which the axle of the mill wheel passed. The fine quality of the masonry was needed to prevent water from the wheel from entering the building. The size of this axle-hole suggests that it was constructed for a wheel with a wooden axle. The small size of the mill reflects the limited arable farming potential of the surrounding area. The mill probably had a single pair of stones. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/111/15
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