Millstones at Dean Village
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Millstones at Dean Village
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 26 Jan 2013
Three millstones on display at the site of the former Lindsay's Mill. The nearby information board informs that they were made from hard stone imported from France; the grooves were cut to guide the crushed grains outwards as the stones rotated.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.95275
Longitude
-3.215945