The gin house at Brauncewell was built in c.1800 alongside a bone mill.

A horse was harnessed to a beam which was linked through gearing to an overhead drive-shaft for the mill.

The original structure was open-sided with a thatched roof.

Another view of the Horse Gin. 

"This polygon building was designed to harness horse power to drive threshing machines, with four horses walking around the building to turn the machine.

It is thought this Horse Gin was used to crush bone which would have been used as fertiliser on the surrounding fields"

Information from North Kesteven's Stepping Out walk leaflet. 

DB 2020