The Ancient Grinding Mills at Leine, Valdres

There are many different types of grinding mills and many types of materials processed in them. Historically mills were powered by hand (mortar and pestle), working animal (horse mill), wind (windmill) or water (watermill). The grinding mills at Leine are water powered and situated next to a creek called Leineåne. There used to be 13 grinding mills at Vennis, but most of them were destroyed during the big flood back in 1860. Here you can see photos and read about this old Norwegian history. (more…)

October 24, 2011 | Categories: Architecture, Culture, Landscape, Stave Churches | Tags: archeology, Leine, Leineåni, local history, Middle Ages, mill history, Norway, Olaf II Haraldsson, Olav Den Hellige, Sparstad, St. Olaf, things to see in Valdres, valdres, Vang Lake, Vangsmjøsa, Watermill | 8 Comments »