Field Visit
Date 14 July 2015
Event ID 1011539
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011539
HY 32540 22849 Circa 1825 small oblong mill, according to the listing notes it is the ‘last surviving working example in Orkney of a primitive type of mill more numerously represented in Shetland and Faroes’. The building has a flagstone roof covered with turf, a traditional roofing technique in Orkney, which is thatched continuously across the ridge. The thatch has been left uncovered. The mill, which is in working condition, is open to the public and is in the guardianship of Historic Environment Scotland.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 14 July 2015, survey no.147