Monument record 81 - GLEN VALTOS, LEWIS

Summary

Horizontal water mill

Location

Grid reference NB 0750 3464 (point)
Map sheet NB03SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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Full Description

NB03SE 10 0750 3464

196: nb 0753 3460
Mill
Orientated south southwest - north northeast, this mill is situated on the edge of the cliff that forms the north side of the glen Bhaltos. Measuring 3 x 2m internally, the chamber of the mill is open and two mill stone fragments may be seen within it. To the north of the site a sluice and leat runs for 10m to where the water was taken from a burn.
Burgess 1996, 58


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document). SWE41181.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996. Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 7 2008 3:15PM

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