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Moulin de la Ramée

Saint-Viaud, Loire-Atlantique, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Moulin de la Ramée, y compris son mécanisme (cad. B 815) : inscription par arrêté du 16 mai 1979
Protection dates
1979/05/16 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin
Main period of construction
2e moitié 16e siècle, 19e siècle
Dates
1567
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Viaud
Département
Loire-Atlantique
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.27239, -1.98391
Mérimée reference
PA00108824

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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C'est probablement en 1567 que le moulin de la Ramée fut construit, comme le laisse penser cette date inscrite au dessus d'un blason martelé, sculpté sur le linteau de sa porte sud. Son activité cesse vers le milieu du 20e siècle. Sa toiture a été restaurée vers 1980.£La tour du moulin de la Ramée en moellons de granite, compte deux étages, et est couverte d'un toit conique en bardeaux de châtaignier. Ses ailes sont manquantes, la tête de l'arbre ayant été sectionnée. Tous ses mécanismes internes sont en place ; il possède une seule paire de meules. Par l'élargissement de sa base talutée formant une assise débordante, il se situe dans la tradition constructive des moulins du sillon de Bretagne et du pays de Guérande où cette particularité est fréquente aux 15e et 16e siècles.

English translation

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It was probably in 1567 that the mill of la Ramée was built, as suggested by this date inscribed above a defaced coat of arms, carved on the lintel of its south door. Its activity ceased towards the middle of the 20th century. Its roof was restored around 1980. The tower of the mill of la Ramée in granite rubble stone, comprises two storeys, and is covered with a conical roof of chestnut shingles. Its sails are missing, the head of the shaft having been cut off. All its internal mechanisms are in place; it has only one pair of millstones. By the widening of its sloped base forming an overhanging base course, it falls within the constructive tradition of the mills of the Breton furrow and the Guérande country where this feature is frequent in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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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