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A writer of the 13th century credits the Order with 19,000 manors
in Europe...
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Wheat, Barley, Oats and peas were grown
around the town of Rindoon as these were staples of medieval agriculture
and its rotation system.
The Grain is milled for food and drink—the wheat flour for bread, the
barley for brewing in to ale and the oats for porridge, gruel and fodder
for horses. While the peas are eaten by the towns people.
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Grain yields of slightly under four times seed grain sown were the norm
until the 18th century, this was due to the limitations
of the technology, the limitations of fertilisers and the crop rotation
system used. |
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In
a town which had a wind or water mill, the residents would not have been
allowed to own their own hand mills. This was to ensure
they used the mill of the landlord who charged roughly 6 – 5% of the
crop delivered for milling as a fee to mill the
wheat, barley or oats into flour. |
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The mill which was set up in Rindoon was technologically one of the most
advanced in Ireland, being a Postmill type of windmill.
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The three story tower which we can see
today in St Johns woods is a later type,
which is built of stone and similar to the fully restored windmill in
Elphin, Co Roscommon. Of particular interest is the two
door ways placed on each side of the tower allowing the miller to continue
entering and leaving the building whatever the direction of the wind. |
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A Post Windmill - similar to the one first erected in
Rindoon. |
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The three story windmill at Elphin Co Roscommon- similar
to the later windmill built in Rindoon. |
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