Les routoirs de Gwenored

Straddling the communes of Pouldouran and Troguéry, this collection of retting mills bears witness to the important flax industry in the Rochois region. These basins were used for retting flax, an operation that involves separating the bark from the flax stalks to release the fibres. Used for several centuries, this retting method was banned for good at the end of the 19th century due to pollution concerns, and was replaced by floor retting. Since the 1990s, the association ‘L'école des...