Environmental Engineering Reference
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FIG
35
. Fields near Cheriton, alongside the wooded course of the Burry Pill. (Harold Grenfell)
David Painter for Figures
FIG
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. Llanrhidian Mill, which once had the largest waterwheel in Gower and is now a private residence. (Jonathan
Mullard)
Up to 1750, it was common practice for mills to be built of wattle and daub, with perhaps the gable
end in stone. There were, however, many innovations and developments in the late eighteenth century
and, as a result, many mills were redesigned or rebuilt. Almost every Gower parish had its weavers and
