Mills
Mills
The fertile alluvia of Vaunage have enabled crops to be grown for millennia. These crops were ground by craftsmen using rollers, most often made of sandstone. The first “millstones” were rectangular. The sandstone was replaced with basalt. Later, the millstones became circular, enabling them to rotate. However, these millstones were still operated manually. In Vaunage, the traces of the first crop came from La Liquière (to the N/NE of Calvisson). It was wheat. The crops grown in Vaunage were wheat, barley and, to a lesser extent, oat.
Water mills
- Mills on the Rhôny tributaries. Four mills upstream of Calvisson.
- Parran mill: Above the Font de Floran. A section of thick wall survives.
- Mill upstream of the bridge on the Escattes stream.
- Foulhaquet mill: To the south of Calvisson. A storied building.
- Jalot mill: Where the Escattes crosses the Tourelle.
- Livières Mill: On the Tourille stream, originating in Congénies. Nothing remains.
- Tourille mill: To the SE of Maruéjols. Nothing remains.
- Jean de Lion mill: Upstream of the Rhôny and the Escattes stream – ruins remain.
- Pascalet mill: Located on the Rhôny. Ruins.
Marks on the ground.
A building remains.
Windmills
- Roc de Gachone mills: Four mills, of which three towers remain.
- Mill at the site of the ruins of the Castellas castle.
- Coutelle mill: To the NE of Calvisson.
- Foulhaquet mill: Located near the watermill mentioned above.
- Jalot mill: Nothing remains of this mill, located near the watermill mentioned above.
- Pascalet mill: On a hill to the west of the Rhôny.
The base of the fourth is visible.
The tower remains.
The tower remains.
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