Lanteglos: Trethake Mill
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Lanteglos: Trethake Mill
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 16 Mar 2006
Converted watermill with a relatively rare pitchback waterwheel, where the water comes onto the wheel from a launder or elevated leat at 12 o’clock but the wheel rotates anticlockwise, unlike the more commonly installed overshot type. This mill has its own entry in Peter Wenham’s book ‘Watermills’
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Image Location
Latitude
50.348414
Longitude
-4.593508