Treasured Places
Date 8 August 2007
Event ID 546369
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Treasured Places
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/546369
The Norse, or horizontal, mills at Huxter are typical examples of a once-common type of water mill found in Shetland, Orkney and Lewis. The mill used one wheel (tirl) with blades mounted on a horizontal plane, driving a single pair of grindstones. This simple design meant that multiple mills could be built on a length of stream, with a family or small partnership each owning their own mill.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 8 August 2007
Hume, J 1977
