Monument record 67 - LOCH BARAVAT, KNEEP, LEWIS

Summary

Horizontal water mill

Location

Grid reference NB 09950 35510 (point)
Map sheet NB03NE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

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Full Description

NB03NE 25 0995 3551

no. 28
(one of) a series of five, well-preserved 'Norse' mills is set on the stream leading down from Loch Bharabhat to the Traigh na Berie. The lowest of these mills has its millstone lying displaced some metres away. ... Traces of an artificial water channel lie next to the present course of the stream.
Armit 1992, 54

'The monument known as Loch Baravat, horizontal water-mills N of comprises remains of a group of five early nineteenth century horizontal water mills. The area to be scheduled is rectangular and measures a maximum of 140m N-S by 30m E-W to include all of the mills and the lades.'
HS Scheduling Document 1 December 1992.


Ian Armit, 1992, Archaeological Field Survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) Peninsula, Lewis (Bibliographic reference). SWE41031.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Ian Armit. 1992. Archaeological Field Survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) Peninsula, Lewis.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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