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Roads, mountain passes, quarries - Aargau - Würenlos

In Würenlos, to the south-east of Baden, a Roman stone quarry was discovered in a modern quarry in 1937. From rectangular and round shapes has been deduced that blocks and millstones were hacked out here.



Detail of the quarry, after cleaning in 1990. Photo: Argovia 125 (2013), p. 244 Abb. 10.



Detail of the quarry, in 1942. Photo: Wikimedia, ETH.


Literature

Haberbosch 1938; Hartmann-Weber 1985, 213; Drack-Fellmann 1988, 562; Drack-Fellmann 1991, 292; Doswald 1994.


[8-Oct-2023]