Title

Norse mill and kiln, Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009.

Caption

Norse mill and kiln, Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. A pair of renovated thatched buildings that were used to grind barley into meal. Their design dates back to the time when the Vilings ruled Lewis, but these examples were probably built c1800. They were still in operation in the early 1930s.

Date

1833

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D72_409

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,0Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

cereal barley country British traditional color colour Scotland hebrides archaeology roof viking mill location SCOTTISH century Britain concept archaeological site typical archeology western isles thatched roof Outer Hebrides Isle of Lewis 19th century Norse 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Scots PETER THOMPSON kiln TGN photograph landscape Peter Thompson Hebridean Thompson Peter PTM Eilean Siar Shawbost photograph landscape