The Domesday mill

Dotton is a small hamlet in east Devon, close to the river Otter. In the Domesday Book, compiled around 1086, there is a record of there having been a mill there, to the value of five shillings. The last working mill in the village closed down in 1946, however, and in 1968 the building was ordered to be demolished by the local council because the wheel pit was regarded as a danger to children.

Maps spanning the past couple of hundred years show a range of buildings on the site, and identify the site as Dotton Mill. From the 16th century onwards there is a range of documents that also refer to a mill.

In this programme Time Team's objective was to excavate the remains of the building that was knocked down 40 years ago and to try to find evidence of any earlier mill buildings in the vicinity. They had three days in which to do it.

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