Moulin-cavier du Puits-Saint-Michel

English translation

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History

The cave-mills appear to emerge towards the late 15th - 16th century and are often linked to the work of the vine. It is a type of wind mill troglodytic, semi-troglodytic or masoned. It offers a silhouette composed of a cone generally in stone which rests directly on the ground, sheltering the millstone room at ground floor, and presents roof structure set into the masonry at its upper part. Here, the mill is composed of a barrel-vaulted room leading to the millstone room whose dome is cut by an intermediate wooden floor. A vaulted passage allows one to exit onto the terrace. The mill has lost its hopper and all its mechanism. The miller's dwelling is contiguous and composed of two low rooms linked to the mill by a door giving direct access from the kitchen to the vaulted cellar. This work was in operation until 1877.