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| HER Number: | MDV21155 |
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| Name: | Slapton, Gara Mill |
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Summary
Gara Mill is stone built and whitewashed with a slate roof. It forms one range with the mill cottage and is now a guest house. Had an overshot waterwheel. No other machinery apparently remains.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 817 479 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX84NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Slapton |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SLAPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX84NW/10
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILL (XVI to XXI - 1501 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1907/1963, Untitled Source, 133NW(1907) (Cartographic). SDV146021.
'Garabridge Corn Mill' shown on 1907 and 1963 6" OS maps.
Devon County Council, 1974, Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer (Report - Survey). SDV83967.
Gara Mill on river Gara. Waterwheel overshot, cast iron. By-pass water supply. No machinery remains. Building, stone with slate roof. Present use as guest house. 19th century. Other details: Gazetteer. Site visit 1973.
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 19 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
Other details: 7.
Bodman, M., 2003, Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 160 (Report - Interim). SDV325576.
Documentary references from 1820 to 1836. Mill and cottage in one range. Three storey mill, built of stone and white washed, with a slate roof. There is a 1559 datestone on the building. Other details: Draft.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV146021 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1907/1963. 6". 133NW(1907). |
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| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 19. |
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| SDV325576 | Report - Interim: Bodman, M.. 2003. Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 160. |
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| SDV83967 | Report - Survey: Devon County Council. 1974. Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer. Devon County Council Report. Unknown. A4 Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV44810 | Related to: Garabridge Corn Mill, Leat (Monument) |
| MDV44809 | Related to: River Gara, Weir (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 27 2006 9:21AM |
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