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| BU Number | BU0074 |
|---|---|
| Village | Korakou |
| Related BUs | BU0101 BU0100 BU0106 BU0105 BU0107 BU0049 BU0097 BU0046 |
| Easting | 490202.00 |
| Northing | 3877523.00 |
| Elevation | 391 |
| Source | GPS |
| BU Summary | Water mill, Korakou. Ruined penstock and millhouse. Penstock built of basalt with oildrums extending shaft; millhouse is mudbrick makrinari-style, with collapsed roof.Millrace overgrown and not visible. Fell into disuse in 1970. |
| Location | On west bank of Karkotis river, beside Kousouliotis weir |
| Vegetation | Eucalyptus, bamboo cane,Prickly pear, pomegranate, Florentine Iris |
| Access | dirt track |
| Building Type | Water mill |
| Structure Type | water mill |
| Current Use | abandoned |
| Past Use | wheatgrinding |
| Structure Name | Mylos tou Koumi (mill of Christodoulos Koumis). |
| Special Features | Lower mill stone in situ. |
| Description | On outskirts of Korakou village and away from other dwellings. Ruins of house separate from millhouse, penstock, leat, millhouse and outflow. One of the smaller mill types, situated SE of Korakou village, on the east bank on Karyiotis river. Abandoned 1970. The water channel is overgrown and not visible. The penstock is only half-constructed in stone, situated west of the mill house of which the roof has collapsed. The lower tier or base of the penstock is built with a slope, in irregular coursed basalt and lime. On top there is a sloping cylindrical drum of smooth concrete, topped with two rusted oil drums placed on top of the other to elongate the vertical shaft of the penstock downflow. Mr Styllis (BU 0049) said that his father built this mill (the miller's wife was his aunt) and that the owners had run out of money, so that the penstock was finished in a cheaper way, but it still worked. Of the mill house, a makrinari built in mudbrick and irregular courses of basalt, gypsum plastered inside, only the walls and the north double door remain. The lower sill of the window over the outflow is visible. Inside on the floor among broken roof tiles is the lower millstone with a circular metal brace, while a metal brace of the upper millstone is leaning against the south wall. The outflow has rounded arch dressed in limestone, ca. 3.5 m from river's edge which has well-aligned man-made rock hewn bank from bottom of the outflow. Height of arch ca. 1.4 m, up to windowsill 2.7 m. Height of doorway 2.05 m, whole height ca. 3.05m.The dwelling of the owner is higher up and adjacent to the millhouse, further west on the hill slope. It is three bayed, with a central iliakos closed towards the street with a double door, and facing the river with an open loggia. One of the owners of the property was district commissioner of Nicosia, now retired (called Zografos).Detailed sketch on file by SEZ. |
| Ownership | Greek Cypriot |
| Owner | Angeliki Christodoulou and children. |
| Period 1100 | No |
| Period 1601 | No |
| Period 1701 | No |
| Period 1801 | No |
| Period 1851 | No |
| Period 1901 | No |
| Period 1951 | No |
| Oral Information | Mr. Styllis, Evrichou miller:; 'Athropos en o topos, tchai o topos yerimos' Man is the place and the place is desolate (without the presence of man, the meaning of the place is nought). Owner's name was provided by the miller of Evrykhou, Mr. Styllis, in 2001. The mill is also known as Mylos tou Zografou. |
| Recorded By | SEZ |
| Recorded Date | 26/7/2001 00:00:00 |
| Entered By | SEZ |
| Entered Date | 29/7/2001 00:00:00 |