Dunster Working Watermill
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Dunster Working Watermill (also known as Castle Mill) is a restored 18th century watermill
, situated on the River Avill
, in the grounds of Dunster Castle
in Dunster
, Somerset
, England.
The present mill, which was built around 1780, is built on the site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Book
and was restored to working order in 1979. It has been designated by English Heritage
as a grade II listed building.
The mill is still used to grind wheat flour. Restoration work, completed in 2007, was funded by the Exmoor Sustainable Development Fund. The site is visited by around 10,000 tourists a year.
Watermill
A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
, situated on the River Avill
River Avill
The River Avill is a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England.It rises on the eastern slopes of Dunkery Beacon and flows north through Timberscombe and Dunster flowing into the Bristol Channel at Dunster Beach....
, in the grounds of Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century,...
in Dunster
Dunster
Dunster is a village and civil parish in west Somerset, England, situated on the Bristol Channel coast south-southeast of Minehead and northwest of Taunton. The village has a population of 862 .The village has numerous restaurants and three pubs...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England.
The present mill, which was built around 1780, is built on the site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
and was restored to working order in 1979. It has been designated by English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a grade II listed building.
The mill is still used to grind wheat flour. Restoration work, completed in 2007, was funded by the Exmoor Sustainable Development Fund. The site is visited by around 10,000 tourists a year.