Vementry, Norse Mill
Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Vementry, Norse Mill
Classification Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Vementry Clack Mill
Canmore ID 737
Site Number HU35NW 20
NGR HU 31200 59706
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/737
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU35NW 20.00 31200 59706
HU35NW 20.01 HU 3120 5969 Sluice
(Location cited as HU 313 597). Norse mill, Vementry, 19th century or earlier, restored by Donald Cross in 1946. A rectangular mill with an 8-paddle tirl, 38ins (0.96m) diameter, with inclined paddles driving a 38ins (0.96m) pair of stones. The thatched roof is decaying and the top stone has been removed.
J R Hume 1977.
