33013: SANDAVAT, LEWIS – HORIZONTAL MILL (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Summary:

HORIZONTAL MILL (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
3 horizontal mills

Location:

NB 007 303

Full description:

NB03SW 12 007 303

(Location cited as NB 007 303). Norse Mills, Sandavat, ?18th to 19th century. A group of 3 ruined mills, the most complete of which (at NB 0079 3036) is roughly rectangular, with an oval underhouse. The nave of a 10-paddle tirl survives, as does a 27in (0.69m) diameter stone. The long built-up lade is in good condition. Remains of the other mills are fragmentary.
J R Hume 1977

One unroofed building, which is annotated as a Ruin, and two roofed buildings, all of which are annotated as Corn Mills, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 23). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 28 August 1997.

References:

A guide to industrial archaeology sites in Britain, Publisher: Granada, A Guide to Industrial Archaeology Sites in Britain. 180
The industrial archaeology of Scotland, Publisher: B T Batsford, The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland. Part No 2. 301 pl. 114

Acknowledgement:

Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.