This will be a very interesting mill to restore because of it's location, a short distance from the Tangwick Haa Museum and because of it's supposed link in folklore with the Sjopiltie or the water horse, who if someone climbed on his back ran into the water and the poor rider was never seen again.
It was also the mill used by Christopher Sandison the school teacher who is mentioned among the Folk fae wir Past.
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The renovation of an old Norse style water mill at Tangwick, Eshaness to what is hoped will be a working model is now well on the way to fruition.
Plans have been submitted and approved by the SIC with consent having been given previously by the landlord and grazings committee. Funding to allow the work to proceed is in place. After a tendering process Alan Smiles and his team from Shetland Stonecraft have been awarded the contract to reconstruct the mill with work due to start at the beginning of 2007. A path is also to be constructed and the route sign posted.
