New Barony Corn Mill: View of millstones, hoppers etc. PRINT FILED IN MS/500/35/17. Digital image of B 26192 CN.

Description New Barony Corn Mill: View of millstones, hoppers etc. PRINT FILED IN MS/500/35/17. Digital image of B 26192 CN.

Date 1/5/1987

Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco

Catalogue Number SC 745565

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 26192 CN

Scope and Content Millstones and hoppers, New Barony Corn Mill, Boardhouse Mills, Birsay, Orkney Islands Boardhouse Mills consists of New Barony Corn Mill, Old Barony Corn Mill and Boardhouse Threshing Mill. The main block, New Barony Corn Mill, was built in 1873, but milling had taken place on this site for many years previous to this. The mill contains three pairs of millstones powered by a 4.3m-diameter overshot waterwheel (water hits the wheel at the top). This shows the three pairs of millstones which form part of the last working watermill on Orkney. Grain is fed into the hole in the top of the stones by a hopper, resting on a wooden frame known as a 'horse'. The stones are cased in wood to prevent the valuable grain from spilling out of the stones. The two smaller mills at Boardhouse date from the 18th century, and were used to grind corn and thresh grain. Both were powered by mid-breastshot wheels (water hits the wheel halfway up the side). The mill complex also contains a mill pond, miller's house, stables, byres, an extra kiln and a cart shed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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