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JanPVI've seen many manganese quarries and mines, but never one quite like this. Repeated piles of stones, apparently spoil heaps but they are quite odd. The narrow vein must have been chased on the surface. The landscape is almost all sandstone and mudstone, about half a billion years old.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quarries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drone</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wales</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cymru</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a>

JanPVA fairly brief write-up on my visit to a couple of small slate quarry ventures earlier in the week (free to read):<a href="https://henebioncymru.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/quarry-water/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://henebioncymru.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/quarry-water/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cymru</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wales</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quarries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IA</a>

JanPVSome photographic meditation at Dinorwig slate quarry, north Wales.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quarries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unesco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unesco</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/northwales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#northwales</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

JanPVFinal report on the Dorothea quarry tunnel, north Wales:<a href="https://docdro.id/SfUoFIN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docdro.id/SfUoFIN</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#railways</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quarries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wales</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cymru</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llechi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#llechi</a>

Her_Doing🚨 Attn <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservation</a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geology</a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/StoneMason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StoneMason</a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Architecture</a>, & <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Surveyor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Surveyor</a> peeps!Together w <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BritishGeologicalSurvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishGeologicalSurvey</a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HistoricEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricEngland</a> has launched a <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BuildingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuildingStones</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#database</a> for <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#England</a>, the country's first online searchable tool featuring over 4,000 types of building stone, their uses & sources, with 45 illustrated guides to the distinctive stone buildings, geology, & <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/quarries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarries</a> that define local areas.<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BGS</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heritage</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Lithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lithology</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodon</a><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/technical-advice/buildings/building-stones-england" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/technical-advice/buildings/building-stones-england</a>

Jens NotroffWe know this because at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GobekliTepe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GobekliTepe</a> we actually found the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quarries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarries</a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workshop</a> areas where those hunters fitted the stones, and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StoneTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StoneTools</a> they were using (which work totally quite fine with the local limestone):<a href="https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/03/how-did-they-do-it-making-and-moving-monoliths-at-gobekli-tepe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/03/how-did-they-do-it-making-and-moving-monoliths-at-gobekli-tepe</a>

Jens NotroffWhy I became an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeologist</a>: It's about those little details suddenly bringing back voices, and people, from the past:"Uh, how in Ptah's name are we supposed to lift this giant huge stone here in the quarry?""Ok, wait. Let me make this quick sketch here for you ..."(Photo: carvings in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quarries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarries</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Silsila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Silsila</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Egypt</a> (by courtesy by Brian C. Weed), further reading: <a href="https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeologists-make-unique-discoveries-egypt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/archaeologists-make-unique-discoveries-egypt</a>)

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