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Summary

Champson farm mill.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Traditional farm buildings, including a separately Listed building (Grade II) Stable and Granary, within the curtilege of the Listed Farmhouse (Grade II), at Great Champson Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS82NW/3/4
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WATERMILL (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

WATERMILLS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV18616.

Champson farm mill. Overshot wheel, 16.5 ft diam, 2.5" wide, with buckets, not in good condition. The internal machinery was apparently bolted to a plate on the main spindle. No other machinery visible. Leat overgrown on both sides of wheel. Last used c.30 years ago for electricity. Previously a corn mill (watermills).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV87585.

Des=watermills in north devon 1994/(1995)32/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV87586.

Des=bodman,m. /watermills and other water-powered sites in devon/(september 2003)245/interim draft report in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV87587.

Bodman,m. /water-powered sites in devon/(1998) 35,107/in smr.

Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.

Waterwheel located at end of a range of stone barns at 'great champson' leat system and small dry millpond still evident in 1996 (bodman).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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