There is evidence at Buck Mill Somerset of an ancient water wheel and mill. As the team begin to explore the site, discoveries ask more questions than answers given. Horse owner Stephanie Fry believes an 11th-century flour mill once stood on her land, near Stoke Trister in Somerset, and asks the Team to dig. There is reference to a mill in the parish in Domesday, and standing remains of a building depicted in a 1782 parish map. Multiple leat earthworks in the area indicate multiple mills over the centuries. The remains of the standing mill include parts of the last mill wheel, a 19th-century overshot wheel. This was the second mill Time Team dug; the first was in Season 14 (Ep.#9 "The Domesday Mill" - Dotton, Devon) The two episodes are easily confused as they have almost the same name. |
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Title: | Search for the Domesday Mill - Buck Mill, Somerset | |
Air Date: | April 10, 2011 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | History | |
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