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Moulin drapier

Marssac-sur-Tarn, Tarn, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Vieux moulin (vestiges), situé sur le bord du Tarn : inscription par arrêté du 13 juillet 1927
Protection dates
1927/07/13 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Moulin
Commune
Marssac-sur-Tarn
Département
Tarn
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.91796, 2.02257
Mérimée reference
PA00095601

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1705 map "Gouvernement General de Languedoc et Partie de celuy de Guienne et Gascogne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Englouti lors de la mise en service du barrage de Rivières en 1951, ce "moulin drapier" était situé sur la rive gauche du Tarn en aval du village. Il s'agissait d'un édifice rectangulaire en pierre de taille bien appareillée, construit sur le lit de la rivière. Un mur de refend le divisait en deux parties correspondant à des arches. Vers l'amont, les murs formaient piles et éperons. La porte d'entrée était en arc surbaissé, décorée de moulures. Au-dessus de cette porte ainsi que sur la pile la plus éloignée de la rive, deux pierres portaient les armes du cardinal Duprat, ministre et chancelier de François Ier, évêque d'Albi de 1528 à 1535.

English translation

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Submerged when the Rivières dam was put into service in 1951, this 'cloth mill' was situated on the left bank of the Tarn downstream of the village. It was a rectangular building in finely dressed ashlar stone, built on the riverbed. A dividing wall divided it into two parts corresponding to arches. Towards the upstream, the walls formed piers and cutweaters. The entrance door was in lowered arch form, decorated with mouldings. Above this door as well as on the pier furthest from the bank, two stones bore the arms of cardinal Duprat, minister and chancellor of François Ier, bishop of Albi from 1528 to 1535.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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