MSO9355 - Weir Saw Mills / The Old Sawmills, Weir Bridge, Dulverton (Monument)

'Weir Saw Mills' is marked on the 1st and 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey maps. [1-2] 'Mills' are printed on the 1962 Ordnance Survey map. [3] The sawmill is known to have had a modern wheel driving generator and saw benches in an old wheel pit. [4] This was a working sawmill until about the 1980s. The prepared oak timbers were taken to Minehead for ship building. It was part of the Pixton Estate. There is a datestone of 1866. The housings for the wheel have been found, and there is a tunnel about 12-15 feet below the cellar. [5] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [6]