Orkney Image Library - Inside the Tankerness Mill

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No: 783 Contributor: Willie Watters Year: 2005 Area: Tankerness

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Inside the Tankerness Mill

Detail of the top of one of the stones with a selection of miller's tools.

Picture added on 01 June 2005

Comments:

The 4 handles and the metal blade are known as Mill picks, for dressing the millstones. The blade ships into the handle.

Rae

Added by Rae on 22 February 2009