Mills in Altoaragón - mill stones

Calvera – Obarra

Calvera and its Monastery of Santa María de Obarra are situated in the Ribagorza region in the far east of Huesca province. The monastery is on the A-1605 from Graus over Capella to Bonansa and the N-260. You don't have to go during opening hours, because the stones are always accessible.

Pictures: 17.x.2020 — Lon: 0.596925 Lat: 42.397736 (WGS84)

(1) Stones 1 (left), 2 (right), 3 (foreground).
(2) Stone 4 with arch of the underhouse.

Apart from the stones and the arch above the mouth of the under­house (2, cárcavo) nothing of the former mill has been preserved.

(3, 4) Stone 1: — ∅ 130 cm, 40 cm thick.

(5, 6) Stone 2: — ∅ 120-125 cm, 8 cm thick.

(7, 8) Stone 3: — ∅ 130 cm, 17 cm thick.

(9, 10) Stone 4: — ∅ 120 cm.

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