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Papa Westray, Hookin Mill
Mill (19th Century)
Site Name Papa Westray, Hookin Mill
Classification Mill (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hooking
Canmore ID 3245
Site Number HY55SW 4
NGR HY 50056 51228
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3245
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Papa Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Orkney Smr Note (June 1982)
On the shoreline and lying parallel with the shore, a
rectangular building, externally 10.5m x 5.3m, the W gable-wall
already collapsed, the E gable, with skew, about to fall inwards.
The lade, which is the outflow from St Tredwell's Loch, passes
the E wall, where is the remains of the iron-framed undershot
wheel, some 2.8m diameter. Opposed entrances 0.95m wide were in
the N and S walls near the W end, the N one now opening on to the
brink. Within the building is the collapsed remains of machinery
including two stones of 1.3m diameter, the upper 0.2m thick, the
lower one 0.3m. - It is clear that great difficulty was
experienced in getting an adequate flow of water; Irvine states
the mill operated only at low tide and then not effectively.
According to Irvine, it was used only for grinding oats for feed,
while corn was ground in the windmill.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jun 82.
Field Visit (June 1982)
Hookin Mill HY 5005 5122 HY55SW
On the shoreline at the outflow from St Tredwell's Loch is a roofless rectangular building, externally 10.5m E-W by 5.3m, with opposed doorways near the W end in the N and S walls. The iron-framed undershot-wheel, 2.8m in diameter, is outside the E wall;
within the ruin are the collapsed remains of machinery including two millstones. This mill could operate only at low tide and then not every effectively; it was used for grinding oats.
RCAHMS 1983, visited June 1982.
(OR 822).
Field Visit (1998)
A ruinous two-storied mill, used for grinding oats, stand adjacent to the shore beside the outflow from St Tredwell's Loch. The mill measures 10.5m by 5.3m and is aligned east-west. There are doorways to the west end of the north and south walls. The roof has collapsed, as has the west gable; the east gable stands almost to roof height but is structurally unsound. Millstones and the remains of mill machinery are stored inside the ruin. There is an iron-framed undershot wheel, 2.8min diameter, outside the east end wall. The channelled mill stream, leading from the loch, is overgrown but still visible. It is reported that the mill could only operate at low tide, but even then was not very efficient.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Orkney Coastal Zone Assessment
Field Visit (13 May 2015)
ShoreUPDATE
As described.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 13 May 2015
