Boardhouse Threshing Mill
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Boardhouse Threshing Mill
Image: © Andrew Riley Taken: 21 Jun 2008
Historic Scotland C Listed. Built 1873. stone-built, three storeys high, about 19 x 7.4 metres in plan including the kiln. The overshot waterwheel, about 4.1m diameter, turns at some 12 rpm and requires 110,000 gallons/hr of water when the Mill is running under full load. http://www.birsay.org.uk/baronymill.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
59.127226
Longitude
-3.303989