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John O Groats Mill

Recorded 6 years ago

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John O Groats Mill is the last of the great corn mills of Caithness. It is still complete and capable of grinding corn. It has stood in its present form since 1901 but it was built on the foundations of an earlier threshing mill and has been in the ownership of the Houston family.

In this video Rognvald Brown takes the viewer on a tour of John O Groats Mill, exploring the history of the mill and the milling process.

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Rognvald BrownBorn in 1954

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