Iwood Mill Traditional Cache
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Could be a "Cache and Dash", or part of an hours stroll taking our other caches in the area.
Cars travel around corners of these lanes and silly speeds and so please take care
Small cache in an ammo box with room for swaps and a log book.
Iwood Manor there has been evidence of Mill working since doomsday. and I the settlement of Iwood has been in evidence since Roman times, maybe critical river route for the transport of iron from the Mendips.
The history of the house is long and varied, being part of the Glastonbury Abbey lands, through to a rundown and dilapidated farm during the early part of 1900's. The Manor has seen 2 major works over the last 60 years leading to what it is now.
The Mill was a very busy centre of flour production and during the middle part of the 1800's was grinding barley imported from Russia. The mill building was burned down in 1892 while the miller was at the Plough in Congresbury with his brother who ran the mill by the weir in Congresbury.
The Mill floor plan was unearthed during restoration of the mill wheel which was shattered by lump hammer at the first mention of "Health and Safety" the remains of the wheel was then plastered in "Barbed and Razor" wire!!
The wheel now turns as a folly after the renovation of the mill and the waterways, the pain purpose of which was to make the most of the 2 meter difference by producing electricity in the "Mini Hydro" scheme, which is housed in the little stone building.
The Turbine within the building runs through a gear box that turns a generator that is capable of producing 8.5 Kilowatt hour, that is enough to power 3 sensibly run houses.
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lbh jvyy abg arrq gb gerfcnff gb svaq guvf pnpur.
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