Hams Mill Traditional Cache
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A popular place for those wanting a longer walk to a beautiful spot. Don't forget your camera on this walk!
This cache replaces one I had situated at another water mill on Muckle Roe which was muggled.
There is a track from the end of the Muckle Roe road to the cache area for those who don't want to head off into the hills. A car park is available near the road end and the track is signposted from the road end (4km).
The cache, a lock and lock box, is located on the hill above the Town Loch, NOT IN the old water mill at The Hams of Muckle Roe. There is a good view of the mill from GZ.
INFORMATION TAKEN FROM HISTORIC SCOTLAND ABOUT THE MILL:
North Ham,horizontal mill NE of Town Loch,Muckle Roe
Description
The monument consists of a roofless horizontal water-powered grain mill together with its water-supply arrangements.
The small mill, which is built of granite blocks, is situated in the steep-sided valley of a stream which falls from Mill Loch into the N end of Town Loch. It is of typical "Norse" form, with provision for water-supply in the form of a stone-lined channel leading from a sluice on the stream towards the under-story of the mill building, where remains of the horizontal paddle-wheel can be seen. On the working floor of the mill, the last pair of small grinding stones remain, but the wooden fittings have decayed, as has the roof, once of thatch. The walls of the mill building stand to their full height. Evidence of relative recent use of this mill is present in the form of two concrete lintels, probably associated with a late repair of the building not long before it fell into disuse.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
va n pyrsg
Treasures
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