33027: LOCH CROISTEAN, LEWIS – HORIZONTAL MILL (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Summary:
HORIZONTAL MILL (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Horizontal mill
Location:
NB 1142 2932
Full description:
NB12NW 3 1142 2932
18th to 19th century. The base of a drystone rubble building, roughly oval in plan, with the underhouse roofed with stone slabs.
J R Hume 1977.
References:
The industrial archaeology of Scotland, Publisher: B T Batsford, The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland. Part No 2. 301
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Horizontal Mill
- Period:
- Crofting (1850-1950 AD); Post-Medieval (1540-1900 AD)
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE4082
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU