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Unst, Gardie, Norse Mill

Horizontal Mill (19th Century)

Site Name Unst, Gardie, Norse Mill

Classification Horizontal Mill (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Housten, Horizontal Mill

Canmore ID 176

Site Number HP61SW 27

NGR HP 6287 1205

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Unst
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HP61SW 27 6287 1205

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(Location cited as HP 628 121). Norse Mill, Gardie, 19th century or earlier. The fairly well preserved ruins of a side-entrance mill with one 33ins (0.83m) diameter stone.

J R Hume 1976

One unroofed building annotated Mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 17 January 2001

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