Drinkstone Mills - the smock mill
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Drinkstone Mills - the smock mill
Image: © Gareth Hughes Taken: 8 Apr 2006
The smock mill, built c.1800 on top of an older horse-driven mill, and later driven by an oil engine in the white-painted shed. Seen from the track leading up to the 1580s post mill. On the left is an old railway carriage reused as a store.
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Image Location
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52.225636
Longitude
0.875605