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International conference on millstone in Bergen – and the Hyllestad quarry...
Last week the Norwegian “millstone community” invited to an international conference in Bergen – “Seen through a millstone: Geology and archaeology of quarries and mills”. It included an excursion to...
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Winter walk in the Hyllestad millstone quarries
The Hyllestad Millstone Quarries are accessible for everybody throughout the year. You can walk wherever you like, admiring this largest quarry landscape from the Viking Age and the Middle Ages in...
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Steinhoggerne – hvem var de? En reise i tid og rom
Mange spør meg om hvem steinhoggerne var i gamle dager. Var de frie folk, var de treller, var de svært proffe? Eller hadde de et yrke som egentlig alle kunne utøve? Ikke lett å svare på! For bryting,...
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Beautiful Neolithic and Iron Age querns from Norway. On the history of...
The basement of the Archaeological Museum at Stavanger University holds the largest collection of grinding stones and querns found at archaeological excavations in of Norway. Dating from the Neolithic...
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Happy New Year from the most beautiful old quarry in Western Norway!
With a picture – taken today – of a most beautiful little, old quarry in Western Norway, I wish all my clients, partners, colleagues and followers of my website a Happy New Year! I've been up and down...
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Impressions from Scandinavia's largest, preserved stone quarry landscape from the Viking Age and Middle Ages. Download imagein high resolution. Visit Millstone Park's website: www.kvernsteinsparken.no...
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