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Heritage Contensousas Mill The mill was built around 1860 by the Contensousas family. Once thatched, the mill operated year-round, meeting the family's flour needs. The precious grains stored in the granaries were brought down to the mill by oxback. The water released from the sluice powered the mechanism. The rye flour was used to make bread pies and the buckwheat flour for tourtous (cakes). The mill stopped operating in 1950.

In this land of water, mills appeared in the Middle Ages. By the 19th century, Corrèze had hundreds of them. Modest in size, the mills were located on small waterways. The river was diverted by a canal (the millrace) to a reservoir (the étanchade) located above the mill. Its operation was simple and ingenious: a horizontal wooden spoon wheel, placed under the mill, drove the millstone running on the fixed millstone to grind rye and buckwheat.

Magnificent Sully lime tree. Departure of the hike to Clédat.

The village of Bonnefond has this particularity, like others including Tarnac, of having a four-hundred-year-old tree, here in this case a so-called Sully lime tree. This imposing lime tree has withstood the ravages of time and weather, even if it has been "pampered" in recent years. Adjoining this venerable lime tree, discover the 15th century granite church, of modest construction, and yet whose interior does not leave you indifferent with its floor paved with thick stones, and its oculus on the north wall. Finally, we will be truly impressed, as we can be in every village, by the terrible tribute paid here by the locals during the First World War: 55 lost their lives there, devastating families, ruining the rural fabric, its agriculture and economy. Let's not forget them.

Tine River

Hamlet of Sénéjoux

At each visit we still discover little things, in particular the exhibition of old plows and other first tools of the time, which are well commented on in the descriptions.

Located in the town of Grandsaigne (19300). From the village, follow the Chapelle de Clédat on the small roads and end up on a passable path. The village dates from the 12th century, it was still occupied in 1900 and was taken over by the Office National des Forêts in the 90s. We pass in front of the Ste Magdeleine Fountain, the following chapel and the bakehouse. The tower of the ruins is dotted with small sculptures and a theme on the life of yesteryear through the first agricultural tools.