Mills in Altoaragón
Huesca - Molino Bajo
The
Molino Bajo of
Huesca is probably
best approached from
Tierz. From this village drive to the South (HV-8401) for about 400 m after
the last house (corner with Camino de Huesca). There you will find a
warning sign for pedestrians on the road with a sign for the
Camino de Santiago below.
On the other side of the road there is a low building with a swimming pool next to it. Walk the dirt road to the West for about 1.5 km
in order to reach the former mill. You will first cross the river
Flumen and almost at the mill the irrigation channel (4, 5)
which comes from the Molino de Luna.
Pictures: 9.x.2021
The building is in good condition, but we could find nothing to indicate that it was once a mill.
However, the old map and the aerial photographs confirm that we are at the correct location.
However, the aerial photographs seem to suggest that we are no longer looking at the original building.
The Casañal map (1891) shows a rather large – similar to the M. de Luna – construction situated at the
North side of the road. Today's building is on the other side of the road, much smaller and is not built over the
Acequia de la Ribera, which was clearly the case in 1891.
In the aerial views made by the americans in 1946 a grey spot, roughly having the same shape as in the map, is present. There are no clear boundaries; we must be looking at a ruin
†.
At the other side of the road a much smaller construction has appeared.
While the gray patch slowly disolves, this new construction – the Molino Bajo of today – remains visible in later photos. I don't know whether, and until when, a mill operated here after the old structure disappeared.
