Project Name: craggan mill water wheel project

Location: Cairngorms National Park, Scotland

The aim of this project is to restore an 18th century mill wheel of an award-winning restaurant, Craggan Mill, which is located in Grantown-on-Spey, part of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Please contact the TICOS Operations Manager, Lisa Minty, for more information about contributing to this project, quoting its reference number 'TIG016' in all correspondence.

Project Status Table for TICOS Project TIG016
Date verified by TICOS:	September 2008
Estimated project cost:	£10,000 is being sought from TICOS.
Project timescale:
Additional sustainable development benefits:	The restaurant will be promoted as a ‘green’ restaurant, and details of the restoration project will be displayed to educate users about the use of water as a renewable source. A number of local jobs will be safeguarded through restoration of the wheel. It is hoped that the restored mill will attract additional tourists to the area, and this could lead to the creation of further jobs. It is hoped that the Craggan Mill restoration project will act as a catalyst for other similar Cairngorms National Park mills to be restored and brought back into operation, and to encourage other hydro renewable schemes.

Project Details

The aim of this project is to restore an 18th century mill wheel of an award-winning restaurant, Craggan Mill, which is located in Grantown-on-Spey, part of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. The mill wheel is currently silent and the water is currently piped under the grounds of the restaurant site. Once the waterwheel has been restored, it will provide ‘renewable’ water driven energy to power the restaurant and even maybe to feed some power to the national grid. With the mill wheel turning the water will be aerated and thus offer a better water quality down stream of the mill wheel.

Craggan Mill