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Girlsta, Mill Of Girlsta
Watermill (19th Century)
Site Name Girlsta, Mill Of Girlsta
Classification Watermill (19th Century)
Canmore ID 1186
Site Number HU45SW 8
NGR HU 43074 50587
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1186
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Tingwall
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU45SW 8 43074 50587
(Location cited as HU 431 506). Mill of Girlsta, 19th century. A rectangular rubble range, consisting of store, kiln and mill, with a 6-spoke, iron overshot wheel with wooden buckets, 4ft (1.22m) by 12ft (3.66m) diameter, driving two pairs of stones. The mill portion is roofless and derelict.
J R Hume 1977.
Former commercial grain mill comprising 2-storey 2-bay earlier range with kiln at S end, and 2-storey and attic granary added to S, all in one continuous range oriented N-S. Random granite rubble walls with stugged ashlar dressings, harl pointing to later range.
Girlsta mill was built by Hay & Co as a commercial mill to serve a number of farms at the time when horizontal mills were going out of use (Historic Scotland)
