Publication Account
Date 1997
Event ID 1017026
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017026
Water draining down the steep slopes of Fitful Head was harnessed at Quendale to drive a mill with a vertical wheel (4.3m in diameter with wooden buckets). The mill has been beautifully restored to working order with financial help from Shetland Amenity Trust, and it contains displays about the mill and life in Dunrossness. The T-shaped mill stands on a slope, allowing a single storey above a lower floor connected to the wheel.Not only is the wheel intact, but a fine wooden aquaduct carries the water to the top of the wheel. A footpath leads to the dam.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Shetland’, (1997).
