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This is an archaic oil mill, belonging to the biggest owner of Idanha-a-Velha, it was operated by specialized personnel, and made the extraction of the oil coming from several regions like Ribatejo, Alentejo, Serra do Montemuro, but mainly from the northern mountains, as Barroso's.
It is one of the most exquisite examples found in Portugal, in which the quality of the materials and the elobaração of the forms stand out, namely of the alguergues, furnace block, decantation chambers and floors.
The cattle that operated the greyhounds were from the agricultural house itself.
The rods of the presses were pulled out of the latifundio's montados and transported on wheels pulled by several joints of oxen.
This mill model was the most common in the country in the middle of this century. In 1939, there were 3,737 greyhound mills, ie 45%. In 1948 the number of rod presses was 4,705, corresponding to 41%. In the last year that he worked this mill, in 1959, he produced 19,000 liters of oil.
There are two possibilities for the construction date of this mill: XVIII (a granite has the date of 1755 engraved), or the end of the XIX century (a lamp with the date 1895 engraved)
Today it is divided into three rooms:
room of the bins of pio (bins to store the olive and granite pee for the grinding)
bagaceira room (settling chambers)
The haystacks (one of which is the service door) served as a shelter for oil mills and animals that moved greyhounds.
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