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| BU Number | BU0099 |
|---|---|
| Intensive Survey Zone | Karkotis |
| Village | Evrykhou |
| Related BUs | BU0108 BU0070 |
| Locality | Varvara |
| Easting | 489747.00 |
| Northing | 3878342.00 |
| Elevation | 364 |
| Source | GPS |
| BU Summary | Water mill, Evrykhou. Irregular coursed river boulders with basalt and tile chinking. 500m from BU0070;possibly Venetian date as construction technique different from other mills in area. |
| Location | Next to 'Deimma tou Roudkia' on west bank of Karkotis river |
| Vegetation | Fig, Eucalyptus clump, brambles at mill outflow |
| Access | Lower dirt track to mill house, formerly known as 'Kamilostrata', which veers into hairpin bend further south and leads on a second higher track up to the level of the leat. |
| Associated Land | Karyiotis river - west bank, cultivated fields |
| Tile | Abundant |
| Length (m) | 17.00 |
| Width (m) | 2.61 |
| Height (m) | 5.33 |
| Levels | Multiple |
| Habitable | No |
| Occupied | No |
| Stability | IV |
| Foundation | 3-tiered buttress plinths in irregular river boulders and chinking |
| Walls | irregular river boulders with clay and basalt chinking |
| Interior Plaster | penstock: smooth plaster |
| Exterior Plaster | Addition of later plaster face |
| Building Type | Water mill |
| Structure Type | watermill |
| Current Use | abandoned |
| Past Use | corn grinding mill |
| Structure Name | Mylos tis Varvaras |
| Special Features | Ayia Varvara church in locality, NW of mill. |
| Description | Located 500 m from BU0070 (Mylos tis Panayias-Lachistos) NNW. Varvara mill possibly belonging to Ayia Varvara Church. Beside weir. Mill house, penstock and leat. Irregular coursed river boulders with basalt 1/3 and tile 2/3 chinking. Totally different building techniques to those witnessed in other mills of the area. Building type as in Fikardou village. Sketch in fieldbook.The millhouse is composed of a dichoro built in river boulders in irregular courses with tile and basalt chinking. Some limestone chinking also present. The interior contains a wooden column supporting a wooden beam which divides the ceiling into two parts, to enable the use of shorter roof beams spanning the room and supported into the walls and onto the midway beam. The lower tier of the penstock is separated by the mill house for about 70 cm. The penstock is four-tiered at the face and supported on three-tiered fan-shaped buttresses north and south of the penstock. A further buttress supports the penstock on the south-west side. The penstock is a square hopper-type with sloping plastered walls on either side. The orientation is 214 degrees. The length of the leat, constructed in irregular courses of river boulders, finished with a capping of river boulders, is 12 m. On the upper level of the leat there apears to have been a building unit anexed to the leat on its southern side. Of this only the SE corner survives, in similar building technique. |
| Ownership | Unknown |
| Date | Venetian? |
| Period 1100 | No |
| Period 1601 | Yes |
| Period 1701 | No |
| Period 1801 | No |
| Period 1851 | No |
| Period 1901 | No |
| Period 1951 | No |
| Oral Information | \'Kamilostrata' term for road provided by Mr. Stillis, millowner of Evrichou. |
| Recorded By | SEZ |
| Recorded Date | 16/7/2002 00:00:00 |
| Entered By | SEZ |
| Entered Date | 31/7/2002 00:00:00 |