£2m conversion turns historic grain mill into whisky distillery

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1. A historic grain mill is to be converted into a Highlands whisky distillery.

Dunnet Bay Distillers plans to revamp the 19th-century Castletown Mill after receiving a £2 million funding package from the bank HSBC.

The stone mill, in the village of Castletown, is to be transformed into a 28,000 sq m facility that will be the home of the Stannergill whisky brand.

Dunnet Bay Distillers, which makes Rock Rose gin and Holy Grass vodka, hopes the site will open in summer next year and create 12 jobs.

Martin Murray, managing director of Dunnet Bay Distillers, said: “This expansion will allow us to create more jobs, restore a