One of the most exciting remains at "Omgaard" is a watermill which was used to grind the corn from the fields. The magnate who lived at "Omgaard" had the best fields for growing corn and he also got duty from the poor farmers. The duty they paid was often corn. But the magnate himself had a lot of land.
The watermill was exciting because it was the first time a watermill from this period was found. That tells us that the use of watermills in Denmark started earlier than the archaeologists first had expected. A canal at about a hundred meter was dinged in connection with the mill. At the time there was a small lake here and here the vikings built a dam big enough to operate the mill. It is the only place in Scandinavia and North Germany such constructions have been discovered.
When the archaeologists dinged they found three buckets from the mill wheel and a grinding stone, which maybe was imported from Norway. Maybe the vikings here seen such watermills in France.
The vikings at "Omgaard" had good knowledge about trees and every construction such as houses, ships or the mill chose the right timber. There might actually have been a plantage close to the settlement.
The watermill at "Omgaard" has been very important for the people, both for grinding the corn meant the humans to eat and also for grinding corn for horse fodder.
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