Upper Sound, Norse Mill
Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Upper Sound, Norse Mill
Classification Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Upper Sound 1
Canmore ID 70894
Site Number HU43NE 10
NGR HU 4591 3999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70894
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Lerwick
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU43NE 10 4591 3999
See Architecture.
(Described with HU43NE 11: location cited as HU 459 401). Norse Mills, Upper Sound. 19th century or earlier. A pair of ruined mills, of which the more complete had a side entrance and contains about two-thirds of a schist (upper) millstone measuring about 30ins (0.76m) in diameter. The other has the iron shaft of a tirl protruding from a heap of rubble.
J R Hume 1977.