Photo1 Mill At The Water mill

To answer your questions on the fortification of this Mill Bagas, on the edge of the Dropt, was built in 1316 by the Benedictines, and then, there was a lock, and a machine for raising boats, to go d, one side or the other, and then abandoned as not cost-effective

It is rectangular in shape, with at each corner a sentry box. The boats can travel through a lock. The entrance to the moulin is located on the first floor under a pointed arch.
This mill was fortified during the Hundred years War, that is why it presents the characteristics of a castle. Many elements of the fortification are visible in particular extensively cross pattée.

Inside you find four sets of millstones, witnesses to the activity of the milling operation. By and large, that. And thanks for all the comments soon !