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Latitude: 60.7703 / 60°46'13"N
Longitude: -0.8261 / 0°49'33"W
OS Eastings: 464051
OS Northings: 1210272
OS Grid: HP640102
Mapcode National: GBR S098.Q29
Mapcode Global: XHF75.PK55
Plus Code: 9CGXQ5CF+4H
Entry Name: Horse Mill, Chromate Quarry, Hagdale, Unst
Listing Name: Baltasound, Hagdale Horse-Mill
Listing Date: 30 March 1998
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392135
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45287
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Unst, Hagdale, Chromate Quarry, Horse Mill
ID on this website: 200392135
Location: Unst
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Parish: Unst
Traditional County: Shetland
Tagged with: Mill building
Circa 1917. Single storey (now roofless) circular horse-mill. Drystone rubble wall. Entrance door to S, tall window to eaves height at N-NE, with matching windows disposed at right angles to E and W over openings for shallow water channel. Tapered flat edging stones internally at foot of wall, and around circular lower millstone recessed at centre with cast-iron stub. Full-height check in wall between openings. Overflow channel curving around S side.
The mill was designed for grinding and washing chromate of iron, the ore having been discovered in Unst by Samuel Hibbert in 1817. Although built around 1917, higher grade imported ores forced the mill?s closure by 1921. A large millstone of 2 halves, bound by a wide iron rim is currently (1997) sitting inside the mill.
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