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| BU Number | BU0076 |
|---|---|
| Intensive Survey Zone | Karkotis |
| Village | Phlasou |
| Related BUs | BU0062 BU0075 |
| Locality | Molos |
| Easting | 489556.00 |
| Northing | 3880093.00 |
| Elevation | 305 |
| Source | GPS |
| Village Plan | Kato Phlasou |
| Plot Village | 258.00 |
| BU Summary | Water mill, Phlasou. Restored in 2000. Construction is irregular basalt with limestone quoins in penstock and millhouse. Top layers of millhouse rebuilt with mudbrick. Crude arch in millrace wall, which is blackened by fire. Date of 1690 on penstock. |
| Location | Molos locality, situated on east bank of Karkotis river. |
| Vegetation | Clump of eucalyptus by river |
| Access | tarred ring road of Phlasou |
| Associated Land | abandoned farmland |
| Tile | Some |
| Habitable | no |
| Occupied | no |
| Stability | IV |
| Foundation | irregular basalt boulders and chinking |
| Walls | water rounded basalt and limestone quoins |
| Interior Plaster | n/a |
| Exterior Plaster | yes |
| Ceiling | n/a |
| Floors | n/a |
| Roofs | On restored millhouse |
| Eaves | none |
| Building Type | Water mill |
| Structure Type | water mill |
| Current Use | disused |
| Past Use | milling grain |
| Structure Name | Mylos ou Molou (Molos Mill) |
| Special Features | limestone plaque with inscription on north wall of penstock. Date on plaque appears to be 1690. Limestone plaque on fountain with relief letters chiseled off. |
| Moderations/Alterations | Renovated 2000-2001. |
| Description | On east banks of Karyiotis, NW of Shaban Bey mill. Water race leads water from canal beside road into curved water leat which goes over a pointed arch just before the canal enters the penstock. A stone pathway crosses under the arch. North face has traces of fire. Penstock is two tiered and vertical, with dressed ashlar quoins on all four sides (it is in a bad state and leaks water). Mill house abuts penstock and appears to have had adobe courses to raise roof, which means that in older times it may have had a flat earth roof, then adobe was added to the north and south side to create a slope for the roof, which was subsequently redone with stone. Limestone ashlar quoins on SE corner of mill house (and penstock?). Poukatostegi, vaulted chamber under mill house floor ends in pointed-arched outflow with dressed limestone quoins and into outflow channel taking water into the Karkotis river. Mill stones in mill house, together with 'statis'. |
| Period 1100 | No |
| Period 1601 | Yes |
| Period 1701 | Yes |
| Period 1801 | No |
| Period 1851 | No |
| Period 1901 | No |
| Period 1951 | No |
| Oral Information | Mrs Evroulla Hadjidemitriou of Phlasou (ex mayor's wife): Molos had one of three alonia belonging to the other two related mills (Krommidos and Shaban Bey). At the 'honi' or 'cone' at Molos mill, water for Linou and Katydata is separated. One other favourite spot was 'o Lantos', favoured by swimmers. |
| Recorded By | SEZ |
| Recorded Date | 28/7/2001 00:00:00 |
| Entered By | SEZ |
| Entered Date | 29/7/2001 00:00:00 |