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    Dunster Working Watermill viewed from Dunster Deer-park, with Dunster Castle in the background

    © Andrew Priddy

    Dunster Working Watermill viewed from Dunster Deer-park, with Dunster Castle in the background.

    Dunster Working Watermill viewed from Bats Castle Iron Age hill-fort

    © Andrew Priddy

    The mill viewed from Bats Castle Iron Age hill-fort.

    Dunster Working Watermill

    © Andrew Priddy

    The mill dates from the 18th century, but the history of milling at Dunster can be traced back to the Domesday Book. The romantic charm of the mill made it a favourite haunt of artists in the 19th century.

    Grain being sieved at Dunster Working Watermill

    © Andrew Priddy

    After a brief spell of idleness in the 1960s the mill was repaired and the machinery restored. Today, the mill wheels turn and grain is once again milled into flour. Here, grain is sieved through a hopper...

    The millstones at work in Dunster Working Watermill

    © Andrew Priddy

    ...to be ground by the millstones.

    Flour being bagged up ready for sale at Dunster Working Watermill

    © Andrew Priddy

    The finished flour is bagged up ready for sale.

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