This complex of fullers mills and watermills can be found in long stone buildings with curved tile roofs. The one closest to the river contains four mills: one for wheat, two for corn and another for bran.

The building in the higher area has three mills (two for corn and one for wheat) and three fulling mills. The latter consist of a mechanism made of oak driven by water power. They were used to beat wet woollen fabric to tighten the weave and also wash and degrease it.

These mills have a long history: some of them were mentioned in the Catastro de Ensenada (a regional census) in the mid-18th c. and functioned right up the 1960s. The buildings gradually fell into ruins after they were abandoned, until neighbourhood and cultural associations in the area campaigned to have them restored. Their protests were heard by the Provincial Government of A Coruña, who decided to buy the buildings and restore them in 1997.

If it hadn’t been for the efforts of the local residents and the sensitivity and awareness shown by the provincial government, this unique piece of heritage would have been lost forever. Now it receives a growing number of visitors, who appreciate it for its great ethnographic value and also for the beauty of its natural surroundings.

Head back to the main road and head off towards Vimianzo to see the castle.