Mills in Alto Aragón - mill, stone

Capella

Capella is a municipality in the Ribagorza region of Huesca province and is on the road from Graus to the Monasterio de Santa María de Obarra (A-1605). The mill can be found at the east side of the village at the right side of the road about 100m past the Roman bridge, opposite the Calle el Molino.

Pictures: 4.x.2022

(1) The mill is located in the right wing of the building (see 5 for the front of the building).

The mill was located in the bottom floor of a large building (1 right side) whose upper floors are used as living quarters. We could not enter the building but it is clear from the outside (2, 4) that the area of the mill has been significantly altered.
The cárcavo (2) is almost to its roof clogged with mud (3). It is clear that the wheel house is empty: we see neither axle nor control rods sticking out above the mud. Apart from the first few meters, nothing of the restitution canal is visible.

(2) The outlet of the wheel house (cárcavo).

(3) The wheelhouse is empty except for the mud.
The mill pond has been filled in (4). The grate that protected the pressure pipe is still present (4, behind the pink flowers). A low wall prevents water from flowing through the grate into the wheel house. Instead, the water is drained through a door in the side wall (4, left). It reappears in a small drainage channel, made of masonry and located on the east side of the building.

(4) The mill pond has been filled in.

 

The stones — Lon: 0.398954 Lat: 42.196519 (WGS84)

(5) Overview of the complex: the mill is the lower section at the left.

(6) Two mill stones in the garden next to the road — ∅ 140 cm

(7) Composite runner from La Ferté.

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