Pictures: 6.VIII.2006
A level lower, in the cárcavo, we also found a
complete installation: a complete set of levers and beams surrounding
a healthy wooden wheel (6, 7). Notice the peculiar shape of the paddles (6).
We've found similar wheels in the mills of Serrate and
Javierre de Olsón. Pitty that while restoring
the mill of Laspaúles nobody cared to
rebuild a decent waterwheel. Ordinary planks were used instead of the original shape.
The mouth of the cárcavo was originally a wide open arch, but was later
narrowed with the omnipresent red bricks (8).
Next to a tree an old mill stone was found (9).
Water was tapped from the Río Isábena quite some distance stream up. It was difficult to spot the exact place, but I could trace the channel almost the whole length.