Tintagel: Trebarwith Farm waterwheel
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Tintagel: Trebarwith Farm waterwheel
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 3 Jun 2009
Cleared of undergrowth in the 1990s, the 25’ diameter waterwheel is being reclaimed by nature in 2009. A ring gear on the inner shroud plates engaged with a pinion mounted on the wall above and via drive shafts powered machinery in barns at Trebarwith Farm 200 yards or more away. The waterwheel was fed by a small pond and the limited water supply probably only allowed a couple of hours running time, before the pond ran dry. The area round Tintagel is watermill country – many of the farms had water power, in addition to the grain mills and mines
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Image Location
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Latitude
50.641433
Longitude
-4.751631