Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Moulin à vent de Billion
Ambon, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Moulin (cad. D 97) : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 1979
- Protection dates
- 1979/12/28 : inscrit MH
- Type
- moulin à farine
- Main period of construction
- 1ère moitié 18e siècle, 1er quart 20e siècle
- Dates
- 1746, 1902
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- Billion
- Commune
- Ambon
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.56621, -2.58066
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090979
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ce moulin a été construit en 1746 (date portée sur une charpente) , et modernisé en 1902. De type-tour, en blocage recouvert d'enduit, il a été surélevé et équipé d'ailes Berton modulables sur le régulateur à boules et entraînant les mécanismes de meunerie. Son activité a cessé au 20e siècle.
English translation
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History
This mill was built in 1746 (date carried on a roof structure), and modernised in 1902. Tower type, in rubble covered with render, it was raised and equipped with Berton adjustable sails on the ball regulator and driving the milling mechanisms. Its activity ceased in the 20th century.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Mille-Secours de Brouëlchapelleunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitteéglise1 mi
- Fontaine Sainte-Julittefontaine2 mi
- Chapelle Sainte-Hélènechapelle2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.