Moulin de Pierre de Hauville

Before the industrial revolution, the importance of the mills was crucial in everyday life. The Hauville mill, built in 1258 by the monks of the Royal Abbey of St. Peter of Jumieges remain property of the abbey until the revolution of 1789, where he will be declared national property and sold. Its millstones, 1.80 meters in diameter, turn again until about 1880.Il is one of the mills, towers powered by wind among the oldest in France, and the only windmill in working order either since its restoration in 1984 by Park Brotonne.