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Loch Of Breck, Norse Mills, North Western Mill

Horizontal Mill(S) (19th Century)

Site Name Loch Of Breck, Norse Mills, North Western Mill

Classification Horizontal Mill(S) (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Breck, Clack Mills; Lera Voe Mills

Canmore ID 320

Site Number HU24NW 30

NGR HU 21563 48470

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/320

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Walls And Sandness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU24NW 30.00 21563 48470

HU24NW 30.01 HU 21579 48468 SE Mill

HU24NW 30.02 HU 21575 48474 Footbridge

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(Location cited as HU 216 484). Norse Mills, Breck, 19th century or ealier. A pair of well-preserved ruins, the lower one with the nave of an 8-paddle tirl with inclined paddles. Roofed until c. 1972.

J R Hume 1977.

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