Although the east coast of Britain is much dryer than the west coast it still receives sufficient rain that, coupled with the steep sided valleys, leads to rapid run-off and powerful steams, an ideal location for the siting of water mills. Although only about a dozen mills are recorded for the area in the Domesday Survey (1085/6), by early medieval times they were well established throughout the North York Moors.
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Mills and Milling
Photo:Alan Staniforth 2005 ©Alan Staniforth
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Mästocka Linbasta
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Dunbar Castle
The fragmentary remains of Dunbar Castle give little indication that it was a large fortress of great strategic importance. The Castle commanded the principal route to the North when Scotland was frequently under attack from England.
Photo:Andrew Spratt 2005 ©Andrew Spratt
Photo:R Sinclair Not known ©East Lothian Council
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Dunbar Harbours
From early times, the Dunbar harbours have been important to the history of the Burgh and have occupied two separate locations.
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The Dunbar lad who invented the ship's propeller
Robert Wilson was born in a fisherman's cottage on 10 September 1803. He loved playing in and with boats in Dunbar's Cromwell Harbour. In 1808 he watched as a soldier from the barracks demonstrated how a paddle wheel would move a boat through smooth water faster than oars, but in rough sea the paddle wheel was much less effective. This perplexed his inquiring mind.
Photo:N/A Unknown ©Royal Museum of Scotland
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