Explore: Prehistoric Quarries And Quarrying

This is a list of notable quarries and areas of quarrying in the United States. A number of these are historic quarries listed on the National Register

Ballyknockan quarry, or more correctly Ballyknockan quarries, are a collection of disused granite quarries in the village of Ballyknockan, County Wicklow

of them weighing up to 35 tons. Their exact age, origin, methods of quarrying and means of transportation have not been determined. A latte stone pillar

America's prehistoric population, as it is particularly easy to work into projectile points, knives, and scraping tools. Materials from Knife River quarries have

layer up to 6 ft thick. The quarry pits were not very large, between 5 and 25 ft wide and 4 to 7 ft deep. Many of these quarries were exploited by the Antelope

National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and is included in the Pi-wan-go-ning Prehistoric District. The quarry provided flint used in tool-making from

at Stonehenge came from Neolithic quarries at Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin in the Preseli Hills. The quarrying hypothesis has been hotly disputed

Coast, a World Heritage Site, and as a subterranean geological park, will largely present the prehistoric world. The quarry was in full use by Portland

BC), grid reference SN08393403 Slate quarrying was once an important industry in the Preselis; the former quarries, worked for much of the 19th century

relay and radio transmitter and mast. The woods have grown up on the site of a quarry present since the times of the Roman occupation. The quarries were