Millstones

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Millstones by Roger Gittins as part of the Geograph project.

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Millstones

Image: © Roger Gittins Taken: 23 May 2007

It appears there was a mill at Bugford in past times. What is the significance of the circular and square holes at the centre of each stone? It would make sense for the circular one to be the "bedstone" and the square one to be the driven "runner stone".

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.168884
Longitude
-4.003567