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Lewis, Melbost Borve
Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lewis, Melbost Borve
Classification Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 4350
Site Number NB45NW 13
NGR NB 4115 5731
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4350
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barvas
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB45NW 13 4115 5731
Corn Mill (Ruin).
OS 6"map, Island of Lewis, Ross-shire, 1st ed,. (1853), sheet 5.
No trace.
Visited by G Douglas, SIAS, 12 July 1984.
One unroofed building annotated 'Corn Mill (Ruins)' is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Isle of Lewis Ross-shire 1853, sheet 5), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 10 January 1997.
