European Quarry Landscapes

Id 19

Name Portland

Address Isle of Portland

Country Britain

Institution Portland Sculpture and Quarry Tust

Stone Limestone

Landscape Whole island quarried, still two active quarries

Period Roman C17-present

Re-use Abandoned quarry landscape. Old quarries renatured

naturally, some art projects, and modern rehabilitation
processes.
www http://www.stonefirms.com/portland-stone-
Best Increasing use of mining instead of open quarries for its range/portland-stone-quarry/
practice lower impact on landscape and envirionment. Contact Portland Stone Firms Ltd
99 Easton Street, Portland
Dorset, DT5 1BP

Heritage From early C17 Portland was the preferred stone in London e-mail
and has been used on many famous buildings there and
internationally. It gave its name to the artificial Portland Tel 01305 820331
cement, whose inventor hoped his material resembled
prestigeous portland stone.
Size (ha)

Historical The old quarries were amalgamated and a modern

extraction industry removes the stone, rehabilitating the Recognition World Heritage Site: Jurassic Coast (1029)
summary Portland Stone: A nomination for “Global Heritage Stone
land afterwards.
Resource” from the United Kingdom

References Stone Quarry Landscapes, Stanier, P, Stroud, 2000

Portland: An illustrated history. Morris, S. 2004. Dovecote
press (Second Edition)
Id 64

Name Lengefeld

Address Kalkwerk Lengefeld

Kalkwerk 4 a
09514 Pockau-Lengefeld

Country Germany

Institution Lime works of Lengefeld museum

GEOMIN - Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH
(http://www.geomin.de/index_en.php)(active mining

Stone Marble

Landscape

Period C16 -

Re-use Museum of lime and cement industry

www www.kalkwerk-lengefeld.de
Best Conservation and interpretation of lime workings and
practice marble mining Contact Prof Helmuth Albrecht

Heritage Battery of four large historic lime kilns, qarry workings and e-mail info@kalkwerk-lengefeld.de
underground mines. Museum with working exhibitions.
Tel 037367-2274

Size (ha)

Historical Marble was extracted from 1540 and the first lime kilns
Recognition WHTL - 5775 Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
summary from 1647. The large preserved kilns are from the 1840s,
ERIH
closing in 1986. Underground mining from 1880 continues
today.

References
Id 18

Name Carrara

Address Viale XX Settembre

Carrara loc. Stadio

Country Italy

Institution Museo del Marmo

Stone Marble

Landscape Form part of the protected area of Alpi Apuane. The

principal workings appear from the coast as a glistening
white range of peaks.
Period Roman to present

Re-use

www http://urano.isti.cnr.it:8880/museo/home.en.php
Best A museum quarry and parts of the 1890 ferrovia marmifera,
practice the railway built in 1890 to convey marble from the Contact http://portale.provincia.ms.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=2102
workings to the coast. &IDSezione=10746&IDOggetto=&Tipo=

Heritage One of Europe’s principal sources of marble, since Roman e-mail museomarmo@amiatelfree.it
times the quarries have supplied materials for buildings and
memorials in many countries. Tel 0585845746

Size (ha)

Historical Excavations from the Roman age, Renaissance, pre-

Recognition WHS Tentative List: Marble Basin of Carrara, 5004
summary industrial and contemporary period. The great Roman
GHSR
quarry of Fossacava, opened in the second half of the I
ERIH
century AC and operating up to the III century, still
preserves authenticity and integrity.

References
Id 47

Name S'Hostal

Address Líthica,
Camí Vell, km 1 - 07760
Ciutadella de Menorca
PO Box 170
Country Spain

Institution Líthica cultural association

Stone Sandstone

Landscape Sunken excavated area with vertical walls, marked by

toolmarks, set in garden landscape.

Period Roman: C19 C20, Closed 1994

Re-use Open-air quarry heritage site, with access ramps, gardens

and small interpretation centre.
www http://www.lithica.es/home-Ing.html
Best Cultural activities and conservation of quarry landscape as
practice gardens. Contact

Heritage Hand and mechanical extraction e-mail

Tel 971 481578

Size (ha)

Historical Mares sandstone quarries, disused since 1994. Traditional

Recognition WHL: Mining Heritage Spanish Tentative List 5139
summary quarrying was by by the use of hand tools which left unique
marks on the quarry wall. Mechanisation of the work
resulted in a flat quarry face with deep cuts.

References UNSCO submission document

Id 61

Name La Martinenca

Address Partida de la Martinenca, s/n

Cemex
43530 - Alcanar
Targona
Country Spain

Institution EcoQuarry (Ecotechnology for Environmental Restoration of

Limestone Quarries), Life program. The project include 11
quarries in Spain and Portugal, coordinated by the

Stone Limestone

Landscape Restored

Period C20

Re-use 20% of the quarry has been rehabilitated

www http://www.cembureau.eu/topics/biodiversity/case-
Best Renaturing working cement quarry. Aim was to imitate the studies/experimental-project-ecological-rehabilitation-
practice geomorphology of the area by reproducing different types Contact Director: Carlos Doménech Jord
of landscape structures identified in the surroundings, and Maria Garcia Villan, Environmental Manager for CEMEX
initiate the natural vegetation succession. Spain maria.garcia@cemex.comá

Heritage e-mail

Tel 977.70.97.00

Size (ha) 150 (20% rehabilitated)

Historical A pilot site of the EU funded EcoQuarry program:

Recognition The Montsia massif is designated as a Natura 2000
summary EcoQuarry (Ecotechnology for Environmental Restoration of
protected area.
Limestone Quarries), funded by the EU Life program and
Restoration prize 'Ciutat d'Almeria', VII Concurs Nacional
coordinated by the University of Barcelona.
de Restauració d'Espais Afectats per Activitats Extractives.

References CEMEX_Ecological rehabilitation in Mediterranean

conditions_Mediterranean.pdf
Id 33

Name Leithagebirge

Address Vienna

Country Austria

Institution Esterházy Family Private Foundation

AWG architects group

Stone Sandstone

Landscape Restored quarry part of baroque royal Esterhazy Palace

Period Roman; C16

Re-use Open-air arena

www http://esterhazy.at/en/margarethenquarry/678059/Quarry
Best Interpretation of former quarry and promotion of visits and -in-St-Margarethen
practice cultural events. Contact Römersteinbruch Betriebe GmbH
A-7062 St. Margarethen

Heritage St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna e-mail

“Symposium of European Sculptors" started by Karl Prantl
Tel +43 (0) 2682 / 63004–402

Size (ha)

Historical St Margarethen quarry is one of the most beautiful and

Recognition
summary imposing open-air arenas in Europe.

References
Id 39

Name Chambeon

Address Forez plain

Country France

Institution Partnership between CEMEX and FRAPNA (Fédération

Rhône-Alpes de Protection de la Nature)

Stone Gravel

Landscape Wetlands

Period 1954 - 91

Re-use Wetlands park, the Ecopôle du Forez is the object of much

field research. Exceptional for Europe.
Programs focusing on topics as diverse as ecology,
www
Best Wetlands restoration
practice Ecopôle du Forez”, a 150ha area with scientific and Contact Christian Béranger, Environment Director, CEMEX France
educational focus, dedicated to the preservation of plants,
wildlife diversity of the Loire

Heritage e-mail christian.beranger@cemex.com

Tel

Size (ha) 150

Historical The Chambeon aggregate quarry was exploited by CEMEX

Recognition Quarry Rehabilitation Case Study
summary from 1973 to 1990. Four million tonnes of aggregates were
Nature 2000
extracted. The operated and restored surface is 45 hectares
and the water surface is 33 hectares.

References CEMEX_Learning whilst rehabilitation_France.pdf

Id 71

Name La Mujer, Sierra de San Cristóba

Address Jerez de la Frontera and El Puerto de Santa María,

Cádiz

Country Spain

Institution

Stone Sandstone

Landscape Abandoned quarries returned naturally to nature. Galleries

and chambers partly open to the sky, result of the
excavation techniques.
Period C15 - 1950

Re-use Currently categorised as "Planta de Reciclaje de Residuos

de Obras y Demolición"
www http://www.gentedelpuerto.com/2012/10/09/1-521-la-
Best Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad montana-herida-las-cuevas-canteras-de-la-sierra-de-san-
practice de Sevilla Contact Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la
Universidad de Sevilla

Heritage Stone used for Seville cathedral e-mail

Tel

Size (ha)

Historical Proyecto Fin de Carrera, María Llerena, Bienal de

Recognition
summary Arquitectura Española

References Las canteras de la Sierra de San Cristóbal y la Catedral

de Sevilla: Rodríguez Estévez, Juan Clemente, 1998
Una puerta equipada para la cantera de La Mujer, María
Id 70

Name Cantera Los Arenales

Address Alhaurín el Grande,

Torremolinos, Málaga
Andalucia

Country Spain

Institution

Stone Limestone (cement)

Landscape Open air; renatured

Period 1970s - 2007

Re-use Public of the floor of the old quarry for sport and recreation,
portected by a cordon of planted land on one of the sides
on which there is a plantation of 1.200 trees, including
www
Best Planned restoration agreed between the Ayuntamiento de
practice Mijas and the Administraciones Autonómicas after the end Contact Compañía General de Canteras, FYM, Italcementi
of extraction.

Heritage Supply of arids for the development of Malaga and the e-mail
coastline
Tel

Size (ha)

Historical Thirty years of extraction for construction projects. The

Recognition Premio nacional de restauración - ANEFA
summary renaturing project was completed in 2007.

References
Id 50

Name Norwegian Millstone Centre

Address Norsk Kvernsteinsenter

6957 Hyllestad

Country Norway

Institution Norsk Kvernsteinsenter

Stone Millstone

Landscape Nearly 400 quarries are identified in Hyllestad

Period 800 -1900

Re-use Museum: Hyllestad Quemstone Quarries are exceptionally

well-preserved archaeological sites with a high degree of
authenticity
www http://www.kvernstein.no/
Best Museum interpretation of quarry landscape
practice Network of municipalities organised together. Contact Astrid Waage, Director

Heritage Many small historic quaries conserved in landscape, e-mail post@kvernstein.no

sometimes with partially finished mill stones in situ. astrid.waage @ misf.museum.no
Tel +47 (0) 458 - 71940

Size (ha)

Historical The production of quernstones dates to the Viking Age, c.

Recognition Part of Viking serial heritage World Heritage trans
summary 800s, but increased to industrial levels with products being
national tentative list nomination
transported across large parts of Europe towards the end of
the Viking Age, representing approx. 1200 years industrial
history.

References Denmark_WHTL-5577.doc
Id 69

Name Fertőrákos Kőfejtő

Address 9421 Fertőrákos, Fő u. 1.,

Győr-Moson-Sopron hills zone

Country Hungary

Institution Fertő-Hanság National Park Directorate

9435 Sarród, Rév-Kócsagvár PO.: 4.

Stone Limestone

Landscape Abandoned underground workings conserved and made

accessible.

Period Roman; 1628 - 1948

Re-use Now used for concerts to the fine acoustics as the

Fertőrákosi Barlangszínház (cave theatre).
www http://www.kofejto.hu/
Best Re-use of semi-underground workings as concert space.
practice Contact Fertőrákos Quarry and Cave Theatre
Pro Sopron Culture Office
9400 Sopron, Liszt F. u. 1

Heritage e-mail fhnpititkarsag@fhnp.kvvm.hu

Tel +36 99/537-620

Size (ha) 5

Historical Used in Vienna, Győr, Nagykanizsa, Sopron and Keszthely;

Recognition Part of Fertő Region World Heritage
summary in Vienna at the University and the Royal Museum; in
European Quarry Landscapes: http://www.historic-
Sopron at the City Hall and the Palace of Justice.
quarries.org/quarries/quarry/612
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources)

References
Id 72

Name Sidobre

Address Maison du Granit

Vialavert, Castres
Tarn et Hérault, Midi-Pyrénées et Languedoc-
Rousillon
Country France

Institution Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc

Carrieres PLO S.A.S.

Stone Granite

Landscape

Period

Re-use

www http://www.tourisme-midi-pyrenees.com/accueil/a-voir-a-
Best Quarry extraction within a natural park. faire/visites-decouvertes/savoir-faire/lindustrie-et-lagro-
practice Guided visits to the quarry. Contact

Heritage e-mail accueil@parc-haut-languedoc.fr

Tel 04.67.97.38.22

Size (ha)

Historical The largest granite quarry in France.

Recognition Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc
summary

References
Id 24

Name Bornholms

Address Bornholms Museum

Sct. Mortensgade 29
3700 Rønne

Country Denmark

Institution Moseløkken Stenbrudsmuseum

(quarry museum)

Stone Granite; coal; clinker and fireclay

Landscape Abandoned. Conserved landscape.

Period C19-1990s

Re-use Museum

www www.bornholmsmuseum.dk
Best Whole island conserved as quarry landscape, two museums
practice and working terracott factory. Contact Jacob Bjerring-Hansen, director

Heritage Varied landscape of extraction of different materials. Unique e-mail bm@bornholmsmuseum.dk

in Denmark. Island devoted to extractive industry.
Tel +45 56 95 07 35

Size (ha)

Historical Bornholm’s raw materials industries have made their mark

Recognition One of Denmark 25 best industrial heritage sites:
summary on Danish industrial history, with their extraction and
WWW.25FANTASTISKE.DK
processing of granite, sandstone, coal, clay and kaolin. The
island’s many quarries and pits present unique man-made
landscapes.

References Jorgensen and Pedersen (2014)

Id 25

Name Burons

Address Cubillo del Campo and Hontoria de la Cantera

Burgos

Country Spain

Institution Ayuntamiento de Hontoria de la Cantera

Plaza Caritina Líniers 1, 09351 Hontoria de la Cantera,
Burgos

Stone Limestone

Landscape Abandoned quarries, some formerly military barracks,

others waste dumps. Some active excavations.

Period C11 - 1990s

Re-use None

www
Best
practice Contact

Heritage Stone quarried for Burgos cathedral and other monuments. e-mail
The Polvorin de Hontoria is an abandoned store, part closed
but visited by enthusiasts. Tel

Size (ha)

Historical The stone widelyused for important Medieval monuments in

Recognition None
summary the region. The quarries are devided between the
municipalities of Cubillo del Campo and Hontoria de la
Cantera.Known as 'piedra de Hontoria'.

References
Id 62

Name Vohenbronnen quarry

Address HeidelbergCement
Zementwerk 1/1
69601 Schelklingen

Country Germany

Institution HeidelbergCement

Stone Limestone (cement)

Landscape Open air

Period Active

Re-use Forestal recultivation

Agricultural recultivation, extensive grassland
Conservation of several rock faces for the settlement of the
www
Best Active recultivation and renaturing during quarry
practice development. Contact

Heritage e-mail

Tel

Size (ha) 24

Historical The Vohenbronnen, Gerhausen and the quartz and sand pit
Recognition Nature 2000
summary Altheim supply the Schelklingen cement plant
Quarry Life Award

References
Id 23

Name Las Arcillas

Address Teruel,
Aragon

Country Spain

Institution Ayuntamiento de Teruel

Stone Clay

Landscape Open air, abandoned clay workings

Period

Re-use New park incorporating a 'Sustainable Mobility Network' of

six cycle trails to connect with the city, paths and five
'green islands'.
www http://life.teruel.es/
Best Las Arcillas, Life+ project focused on the restoration of
practice three former quarries to integrate the abandoned industrial Contact Florencio Conde
space into the city. Cycling trails through corridors will
contributes to a change in the mobility model of the city.

Heritage The clay from the Teruel quarries was used to manufacture e-mail florencio.conde@teruel.net
bricks and tiles found in the towers and churches of
Mudéjar architecture of the Teruel World Heritage Site. Tel +34 978 619 902

Size (ha)

Historical Mudejar Architecture of Aragon World Heritage Site

Recognition
summary 378bis

References
Id 48

Name Lieteberg (Zutendaal)

Address Hoge Kempen National Park

Limburg

Country Belgium

Institution Flanders Heritage Agency

Koning Albert II-laan 19, bus 5
B-1210 Brussels

Stone Gravel

Landscape Restored landscape

Period

Re-use Natural park

www http://www.rlkm.be/en/hoge-kempen
Best large-scale partnership between NGOs, 12 local
practice municipalities, Contact Sonja Vanblaere
Restoration as landscape park and nature reserve Administrator-general,

Heritage Former coal mines and gravel beds, closed 1990s. Natiohanl e-mail secretariaat.oe@rwo.vlaanderen.be
park opened 2006
Tel +32 (0)2 553 84 97

Size (ha) 5,700 (whole park)

Historical Landscape Award of the Council of Europe

Recognition
summary “Hoge Kempen rural-industrial landscape”, eligible for
UNESCO World Heritage
WHTL_5623 Hoge Kempen

References http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/landsc
ape/prix/2013/HogeKempenPark_belgium_appli.pdf
Id 81

Name Ballykeefe

Address Kilmanagh
Ballykeefe

Country Ireland

Institution Geological Survey of Ireland

Stone Limestone

Landscape Open cast, abandoned

Period

Re-use The quarry has been developed into an amphitheatre by the

local community supported by Barrow, Nore, Suir Rural
Development (Under the Leader Programme) and the
www
Best It provides a good example of imaginative end usage for
practice the benefit of the community whilst retaining the geological Contact Dr Sarah Gatley
interest. Senior Geologist, Head Geological Heritage & Planning
Programme

Heritage The quarry has been used to create a natural amphitheatre e-mail
for music and theatre and the vertical quarry walls have
been utilized for rock climbing. Tel

Size (ha)

Historical KILKENNY - COUNTY GEOLOGICAL SITE REPORT

Recognition
summary

References Geological Survey of Ireland

Id 31

Name Serra d’Aire e Candeeiros

Address

Country Portugal

Institution

Stone Limestone

Landscape

Period

Re-use

www
Best
practice Contact

Heritage e-mail

Tel

Size (ha)

Historical http://www.euromines.org/mining-quarrying-and-tourism-
Recognition
summary some-examples-portugal#sthash.CyfiQ8Ak.dpuf

References
Id 28

Name Mountsorrel Quarry

Address Wood Lane

Quorn, Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 8GE
Country Britain

Institution

Stone Granite

Landscape

Period 1854 -

Re-use Broad Hill – a former part of the quarry

which is being restored. It now resembles its profile in
1865. South Mound -allowed to regenerate naturally, now
www www.lafarge-aggregates.co.uk
Best Two contrasting renaturing projects, one natural and one
practice managed. Contact Lafarge Aggregates Limited

Heritage Largest granite quarry in Europe e-mail literature@lafarge.com

Tel 0116 230 3881

Size (ha)

Historical Gold Quarry Products Association Environmental Award

Recognition
summary has been awarded to Mountsorrel Quarry every year
since 1995

References A Guide to Mountsorrel Quarry, Lafarge Aggregates Ltd

Id 43

Name Austerfield (The Mosaic Reserve)

Address Highfield Lane,

High Street, Austerfield,
Doncaster DN10 6RG

Country Britain

Institution The Mosaic Trust

Stone Sand

Landscape

Period

Re-use Restoration of natural landcape, with the conservation of

rare lowland heath habitat: oak woodland, lowland
heathland/ acid grassland mosaic, hedgerows and small
www www.heidelbergcement.com
Best Biodiversity best practice. Local management by
practice CSI initiative Contact Dr. Michael Rademacher
HeidelbergCement, Belgium
Stewart Laws (Quarry Manager based at Wykeham
Quarry)

Heritage Lowland heathland is a national priority for conservation e-mail michael.rademacher@heidelbergcement.com

because it is a rare and threatened
habitat, the UK supporting about a fifth of the world total. Tel

Size (ha) 472

Historical The site has been worked for sand from this locality since
Recognition Global Environmental Sustainability:
summary the 1940’s. The most recent planning
permission was granted in December 1994. Material from
the site is processed at a nearby plant
at Auckley.

References 12.best_practice_austerfield_11_sept.pdf
Id 54

Name Museé de la Pierre

Address Rue Joseph Potier 54

B-4140 Sprimont

Country Belgium

Institution Museé de la Pierre

Stone Limestone - Petit Granit (Belgian Bluestone)

Landscape Active quarry site Carrières de Sprimont

Period

Re-use Museum

www http://www.sprimont.be/touristes/curiosites/musee-de-la-
Best Musée de la Pierre, with the quarries Carrières de Sprimont pierre
practice and Carrières de la Préalle, holds annual Rencontres Contact Florence DUFRASNE
Internationales de Sculpture de Sprimont (RISS).

Heritage One of the most important centres of Belgian stone, the so- e-mail musee.pierre.sprimont@skynet.be
called "small granite", a grey-blue, marble-like limestone.
The stone is primarily used in the building industry; but Tel +32 (0) 4 3822195
sculptors also like working on it. The museum is in the old
power station.
Size (ha)

Historical GHSR: Most widespead Belgian stone also international

Recognition
summary ERIH

References
Id 59

Name Pietra Serena

Address Il Casone
via Imolese 98
50033 Firenzuola FI

Country Italy

Institution MUSEO DELLA PIETRA SERENA

Piazza Don Stefano Casini, 4
50033, Firenzuola (FI)

Stone Sandstone

Landscape Operating quarry as well as natured quarries (40000 trees

planted) nearby

Period

Re-use When the extraction has been completed, the quarry is

closed down. The original environment is recreated
replacing soil and cultures according to a project planned
www http://www.calamini.it/index_eng.htm
Best Process of opening, extracting and returning landscape to
practice original vegetation. Contact Fosco Ferri (LEADER Mugello/Val di Sieve, Tuscany, Italy)

Heritage Pietra serena” (literally, “serene stone”) is the stone of e-mail f.mazzoni@comune.firenzuola.fi.it;
Brunelleschi, Michelangelo and Vasari, widely used during museopietraserena@comune.firenzuola.fi.it
the Renaissance for columns, capitals and murals. The Tel +39 055 8199459
Museo di Pietra Serena explains the work of extracting and
working the stone.
Size (ha)

Historical Extraction since Etruscan times. Leader project to update in

Recognition GHSR. "the stone of the Florentine renaissance" widely
summary 2000.
used in Tuscany

References LEADER project

Id 45

Name Estremoz

Address

Country Portugal

Institution Museu do Mármore, Largo da Estação

7160-207 Vila Viçosa
Ineti, coordinator of Rota da marmore

Stone Marble

Landscape Large region of marble production, biggest in Portugal

Period Roman (370 BC) - present

Re-use One of several quarry towns with extensive active marble

workings.
www http://www.rumys.espol.edu.ec/rutas.asp?pais=Portugal
Best Project RUMYS: Development of routes for industrial
practice tourism, plan of tourist visits - Rota do pedra and marmore. Contact Luis Oliveira Sousa, Rota do pedra
Reuse of inoperative quarries close to the urban centres for Patrícia Falé, Rota do marmore
art and leisure places, eg. “Ópera vai aos Mármores” opera
in old quarries.

Heritage Monsterio de Batalha, la Torre de Belém, Monasterio de los e-mail lsousa@utad.pt

Jerónimos patricia.fale@ineti.pt
Tel

Size (ha)

Historical Used since Antiquity for numerous buildings in Portugal and

Recognition GHSR
summary Americas. With the two other marble towns, Borba and Vila
Project Rumys
Viçosa, Estremoz is internationally known for its fine to
medium marble.

References MARBLES FROM PORTUGAL, Luís Lopes & Ruben Martins

Id 51

Name Pentelikon

Address Tourist office

Amerikis Street 2
10564 Athens

Country Greece

Institution

Stone Marble

Landscape Abandoned ancient quarry workings as well as modern

industrial extraction.

Period Classical - 1970s

Re-use

www
Best A trail guide guides visitors through the principal quarrying
practice sites, including a 137 m inclined paved way along which Contact
large blocks were slid down to lower levels.

Heritage Mountain from which stone was supplied for the e-mail
construction of the Parthenon
Tel +30 (0) 2103310565

Size (ha)

Historical Pendeli (Pentelikon) quarries at Penteli (ancient Mount

Recognition GHSR
summary Pentelikon), just north-east of Athens, were an important
ERIH
source of white marble throughout the Classical, Hellenistic
and Roman periods.

References
Id 17

Name Pierre de Caen

Address Calvados 14101

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-ODON

Country France

Institution Association Patrimoine Géologique de Normandie

Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Caen
Basse-Normandie

Stone Limestone

Landscape Quarries appear as excavated areas in the landscape where

the stone has been extracted for use in all types of
construction from the time of the earliest settlers in the
Period C12 - present

Re-use Max 9,000 tons extracted each year.

www http://www.apgn.fr/apgn/carte_site/fic_s14_46.pdf
Best Guided visits to la Maladrerie quarry
practice Contact

Heritage Used in France and England in Medieval period, numerous e-mail

cathedrals, Tower of London, etc.
Tel

Size (ha)

Historical GHSR
Recognition
summary

References http://www.apgn.fr/apgn/carte_site/fic_s14_46.pdf
Id 58

Name Solenhofen

Address Bahnhofstr. 8
91807 Solnhofen

Country Germany

Institution

Stone Limestone

Landscape Shallow open air excavations, many smalll-scales workings

to find fossils.

Period

Re-use Museum of fossils

www http://www.museum-solnhofen.de/
Best
practice Contact

Heritage The stone slabs are split by means of picks and chisels, e-mail
even small hoes. Each of the slabs is marked with coal into
its rectangular or square shapes and then hacked out with a Tel
hammer.
Size (ha)

Historical Solnhofen is known all over the world for its Jurassic
Recognition GHSR
summary limestone slabs and its fossils. Fossils from the Solnhofen
Limestone may show exquisite detail, and often include
fragile or soft-bodied organisms that usually leave no fossils
at all.

References
Id 74

Name Markina

Address Canteras Olaspe,

Monte Zapola s/n.
48270 Markina
Bizkaia
Country Spain

Institution Canteras Olaspe

Stone Limestone and marble (black)

Landscape Open air

Period

Re-use

www http://www.olaspe.com/
Best
practice Contact

Heritage Wide architectural use in the Basque Country e-mail cantera@olaspe.com

Tel +34 946 169 686

Size (ha)

Historical GHSR
Recognition
summary

References
Id 75

Name El Mercadillo

Address La Cerradura
Jaen

Country Spain

Institution Ayuntamiento de Pegalajar,

Plz. de la Constitución, 1 – 23110 Pegalajar (Jaén)

Stone Limestone

Landscape Open air, abandoned

Period Roman -

Re-use Abandoned quarry landscape

www
Best
practice Contact

Heritage Used in World Heritage cities of Ubeda and Baeza in Jaen e-mail pegalajar@promojaen.es
region, Jaen cathedral
Tel 953 360 003

Size (ha)

Historical 'Piedra Dorada'

Recognition GHSR
summary

References
Id 73

Name Macael

Address Andalusia

Country Spain

Institution Ayuntamiento de Macael (CIF: P-0406200-F)

Avda/ Ronda, 33
04867 Macael (Almería)

Stone Marble

Landscape Open air 'sistema de bancos descendente'

Period

Re-use

www http://www.macael.es/Servicios/Informacion/informacion.
Best nsf/lecturacss?ReadForm&id=04062&nv=Informacion&tip
practice Contact

Heritage e-mail

Tel 950.128.113

Size (ha)

Historical GHSR
Recognition
summary

References
Id 63

Name Luberon Geopark

Address Maison du Parc naturel

regional du Luberon
60 place Jean-Jaures
BP122
Country France

Institution

Stone

Landscape The exploitation of mineral resources (ochres, lignites,

clays, limestones…) has deeply marked the region; this is
attested to by several ovens, quarries, factories, etc.
Period

Re-use Natural park, environmental education

www http://www.parcduluberon.fr/geopark
Best
practice Contact Christine Balme

Heritage e-mail christine.balme@parcduluberon.fr

Tel +33 4 90 04 42 00

Size (ha)

Historical Geopark managed by the Luberon Park, one of the 44

Recognition
summary French regional nature parks.

References
Id 20

Name Gwynedd: Penrhyn, Dinorwic, southern Gwynedd,

Address National Slate Museum

Padarn Country Park
Llanberis
Gwynedd
Country Britain

Institution The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical

Monuments of Wales,
Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, SY23 1

Stone Slate

Landscape Abandoned, conserved, very large area of former quarries

and waste tips. Photo: Dinorwic Quarry.

Period 1787 - 1969

Re-use Museum, landscape park, some waste extraction for

agregate.
www http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/
Best Conservation and interpretation of historic quarry
practice landscape, nomination of quarry landscape for WHL. Contact Stephen Hughes, RCAHMW

Heritage An enormous area witsouth Gwynedd quarrying landscapes, e-mail

slate quarrying landscape of the Ogwen-Cegin valleys and
Penrhyn quarry, Ffestiniog slate landscape, Nantlle/Moel Tel +44(0)1970 621200
Tryfan slate quarrying landscape, Dinorwic quarry, now part
of the Welsh Slate Museum
Size (ha)

Historical Worked since the Roman period, grew from in the 18th
Recognition GB WH List: 'Slate industry of N. Wales' 5678:
summary century, expanding rapidly between 1856 and 1900 and
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5678/
once among the largest slate producers in the world. North
GHSR
Wales quarries provided roofing materials and slate
ERIH
products throughout the world in C19.

References Historical quarry, conserved as part of the National Slate

Museum, Wales
Id 78

Name Leighton Buzzard Sand

Address The Greensand Trust,

The White House,
Suite 5, Hockliffe Road,
Leighton Buzzard,
Country Britain

Institution

Stone Sand

Landscape Open pit

Period

Re-use Natural restoration

www http://thesandmuseum.org/
Best The restoration process requires that the sand pits are re-
practice landscaped, some to become nature reserves which benefit Contact
wild life, the trees and the leisure industry.
Other quarries are back-filled with inert waste and housing
estates built on them.

Heritage e-mail info@greensandtrust.org

Tel 01525 378101

Size (ha)

Historical Leighton Buzzard sand industry has continued for over 150
Recognition ERIH
summary years. Sand extracted from the local pit is exported all over
the world and has many uses.

References
Id 80

Name Carrière souterraine du Petit Banc

Address Carrières de Gèromont

Gèromont 105
4170 Comblain-au-Pont

Country Belgium

Institution Musée du Pays Ourthe-Amblève

Stone Sandstone

Landscape Underground excavations

Period

Re-use Museum of the excavations, geological and archaeological

heritage.
www http://www.decouvertes.be/grand-
Best An underground gallery has been specially built for visitors public/carrieres_de_geromont
practice to give them some idea of this labyrinth. Expert guides take Contact
visitors below ground, where they can get a vivid idea of
working conditions and also appreciate how paving stone
was quarried.

Heritage e-mail musee.comblain@swing.be

Tel +32 (0) 4 - 3692644

Size (ha)

Historical ERIH
Recognition
summary

References
Id 79

Name Parco Minerario - Isola d'Elba

Address Palazzo del Burò

Via Magenta, 26
57038 Rio Marina (LI)

Country Italy

Institution Museo dei Minerali e dell'Arte mineraria

Stone Limestone

Landscape Open cast, abandoned

Period C18 - C20

Re-use Preserved landscape

www http://www.parcominelba.it/
Best Mineral park including the exploration of mining and
practice quarrying landscapes and industrial history. Guided tours Contact
and trails on foot or by mountain bicycle through the
archaeological remains of iron ore mining, quarries and
underground workings.

Heritage C18 - 1970 e-mail info@parcominelba.it

Tel 39 0565 962088

Size (ha)

Historical Elba was the principal source of iron ore in the eighteenth
Recognition ERIH
summary century for furnaces like Capalbio and Accessa in Tuscany,
and in the nineteenth century for the much larger coke-fired
blast furnaces at Piombino.

References
Id 21

Name Anjou

Address Musee de l’Ardoise de Renaze

Longchamps
53800 Renazé
Mayenne
Country France

Institution

Stone Slate

Landscape Underground, the extraction heritage consists of many

headframes and other industrial infrastructure but not much
landscape.
Period C18 -

Re-use

www http://www.ardoise-angers.fr/
Best
practice Contact Telephone

Heritage Displays show methods used in mines and quarries to e-mail minardoise.renaze@gmail.com
dislodge blocks of slate weighing up to 500 tons. A narrow
gauge railway takes visitors through former workings. Tel +33 (0) 243064014

Size (ha)

Historical The whole area of Brittany produced slate (Côtes d'Armor,

Recognition ERIH
summary Finistère, Morbihan, Mayenne especially Maine-et-Loire) but
it was concentrated round Anjou in the C18 and C19.
Renaze was important from the C15 until closure in 1975

References
Id 53

Name Carrières Bon Temps

Address 30250 Junas

Country France

Institution Rencontres de la Pierre

(http://www.rencontresdelapierre.org/)

Stone Limestone

Landscape

Period Roman Mid C18 - 1939

Re-use Stone culture meetings and activities. Conserved in situ

www http://www.junas.fr/index.php?page=carrieres
Best Rencontres de la Pierre annual meeting of stone
practice experts,artists, carvers, concerts Contact Régis Deltour, président,
Maison des Associations
1, rue de la Mairie
30250 JUNAS

Heritage e-mail

Tel

Size (ha)

Historical ERIH
Recognition
summary

References
Id 55

Name Rüdersdorf Museum Park

Address Heinitzstrasse 1
15562 Rüdersdorf

Country Germany

Institution

Stone Limestone

Landscape Conserved quarry site. It is claimed that Rüdersdorf is the

largest limestone mining town in Europe.

Period

Re-use Museum park

www http://www.museumspark.de/
Best Conservation and interpretation of a large quarry, including
practice the processes of extraction, lime treatment and cement Contact Jörg Lehmann, manager
production. Trails through the quarrying landscape can be
followed in Land Rovers, on mountain bikes or on foot.

Heritage Produced the stone and cement for many Berling e-mail kasse@museumspark-kulturhaus.de
monuments including the Brandenburg Gate and the 1936 joerg.lehmann @ museum park-kulturhaus.de
Olympic Stadium. The most spectacular industrial Tel +49 (0) 33638 77445
monument in the park is a group of five lime kilns, four built
in 1802-04 and one in 1835.
Size (ha) 17

Historical The museum park opened in 1994, extends over 17 ha of

Recognition ERIH
summary old workings around the hill known as the Rüdersdorfer
Kalkberg, and includes 17 major monuments of the
quarrying industry

References
Id 77

Name Wheal Martyn

Address Carthew
St Austell
Cornwall PL26 8XG

Country Great Britain

Institution

Stone China clay (kaolin)

Landscape

Period

Re-use

www http://www.wheal-martyn.com/
Best The industry’s history is displayed in the 10 ha country park
practice Contact Jo Moore (Museum Curator)

Heritage Large-scale quarrying around St Austell and along the e-mail jmoore@swlakestrust.org.uk
railway from Par to Newquay has created dramatic
landscapes characterised by conical piles of waste. Tel +44 (0) 1726 - 850362

Size (ha) 10

Historical China clay (kaolin) that could be used in the manufacture of

Recognition Cornish mining World Heritage Site
summary porcelain was discovered in Cornwall in 1746 by William
Cookworthy. Cornish quarries have subsequently been the
principal suppliers of china clay to industries throughout
Europe.

References
Id 42

Name Yepes-Ciruelos

Address Carretera CM-4004, Km 52,5

Toledo

Country Spain

Institution Centro de interpretación de la Mesa de Ocaña

Stone Limestone

Landscape Semi-arid

Period

Re-use Renatured; olympic-level BTT course

www
Best 6,8 km BTT championship course through the quarry -Open
practice Lafarge de Castilla-La Mancha Contact Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias
Enhancement of biodiversity and stakeholder Ambientales y Bioquímica
engagement processes: Biodiversity Management Plans
(BMP)

Heritage Stone for cement e-mail centrointerpretacionyepes@gmail.com

Tel

Size (ha) 250

Historical A dynamic local team which has created both a high

Recognition
summary biodiversity area and a perfect location to facilitate
education on biodiversity.

References
Id 76

Name Donosa

Address Peñas de Ranero

48891 Karrantza
Vizcaya

Country Spain

Institution Ayuntamiento de Karrantza

Barrio Concha, 1
48891 Karrantza Harana • Bizkaia

Stone Limestone (dolomite)

Landscape

Period 1956-1976

Re-use Auditorium and tours to the underground caves.

www http://www.mtiblog.com/2011/05/cantera-donosa-ranero-
Best Auditorium made in the quarry to profit from the fine carranza-vizcaya.html
practice acoustics, opened in 2007, and annual July music festival. Contact

Heritage Important geological exposure showing the process of e-mail udala@karrantza.org

dolomitization.
Tel 94 680 60 12

Size (ha)

Historical Stone worked by Dolomitas del Norte, S.A. In 1957 the

work exposed one of the largest karst caves in Europe, the Recognition
summary
Cueva de Pozalagua, which was open to tourists from 1991.
That year the Festival de Música de Verano de Pozalagua
began,

References
Id 26

Name Delabole

Address The Delabole Slate Company Ltd

Pengelly, Delabole
Cornwall
PL33 9AZ
Country Britain

Institution The Delabole Slate Company Ltd

Stone Slate

Landscape Open air working quarry

Period C17 -

Re-use

www http://www.delaboleslate.co.uk/
Best
practice Contact

Heritage 800 years extraction of slate, very widely used in England e-mail
before Welsh slate in C19.
Tel 01840 212242

Size (ha)

Historical The oldest working slate quarry in England. once the

deepest man-made pit in the world Recognition
summary

References Stanier, p13

Stanier, p. 123
Id 27

Name Malomerice

Address Brno, Southern Moravia

Country Czech Republic

Institution University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech

Republic

Stone Limestone

Landscape Open-cast quarry

Period C20

Re-use Active cement quarry

www
Best Butterfly conservation: project to protect species in
practice important migration corredor. Contact Technické muzeum v Brně (Brno Tecnical Museum)
Purkyňova 105, 612 00 Brno

Heritage Butterflies threatened by the Czech Republic’s policy of e-mail info@technicalmuseum.cz

reclaiming old quarries, which usually means covering them
with topsoil and planting trees. Tel +420 541 421 411

Size (ha)

Historical
Recognition
summary

References Benes, J., P. Kepka, and M .Konvicka. 2003. Limestone

quarries as refuges for European xerophilious butterflies.
Conservation Biology 17(4):1058-1069.
Id 29

Name Volkanpark Osteifeld

Address Vulkanpark GmbH

Infozentrum, 56637 Plaidt

Country Germany

Institution

Stone Basalt, tufa

tuff
Landscape

Period

Re-use Landscape park

www http://www.geopark-vulkaneifel.de/index.php/en/
Best Conservation of geological heritage in geopark
practice Contact

Heritage e-mail info@vulkanpark.com

Tel +49 2632 9875-0

Size (ha)

Historical The Volcano Park illustrates how the landscape developed,

and the exploitation of basalt, pumice and tuff since Roman Recognition
summary
times. It incorporates exhibits on volcanology, archaeology
and industrial history, with educational trails and
information signs.

References
Id 32

Name Adnet

Address Salzburg

Country Austria

Institution Christian Uhlir - University of Salzburg

Stone Limestone (Marble)

Landscape Archaeological records come from the Middle Ages,

comprising countless relicts of small pits showing toolmarks
and offering information on traditional mining technology,
Period From C12; 2 in operation

Re-use Various stages of renaturation. The whole

district is used as a recreation area by the local population.
www http://www.historic-quarries.org/quarries/quarry/342
Best Preparation of Geo-Park in partly working quarry landscape.
practice Contact

Heritage Adnet marble trail e-mail

Very small scale morphology due to numerous quarries
Different stages of re-naturation of quarries and spoil-heaps Tel
Large variability of colours and structures
Various mining technologies at one site
Size (ha) 1 sq km, 23 quarry complexes

Historical Quarried continuously since early middle ages. Export

started for the production of epitaphs. During Renaissance Recognition
summary
and Baroque eras, huge blocks where exported for grave
monuments and a mass production of altars and
baptisteries started.

References Adnet Geopark_uhlir_2010.pdf

Id 37

Name Vale de Mós A and B

Address Arrábida Natural Park

Country Portugal

Institution Secil

Stone Marl

Landscape Restored

Period

Re-use

www
Best Biodiversity action planning
practice Contact

Heritage e-mail

Tel

Size (ha) 440

Historical
Recognition
summary

References CSI Quarry Rehabilitation Guidelines – Case Study

Id 66

Name Eden project

Address Bodelva,
Cornwall, PL24 2SG

Country Britain

Institution

Stone China clay

Landscape Reclaimed

Period

Re-use Re-used as centre for environmental education

www http://www.edenproject.com/
Best Used of former china clay quarry as world-famous
practice environment project. Contact
Promoting good practice in post-mining regeneration.

Heritage e-mail webmail@edenproject.com

Tel +44 (0) 1726 811911

Size (ha)

Historical
Recognition
summary

References
Id 40

Name Weidmoos

Address

Country Austria

Institution European Natura 2000 Network.

Stone Peat

Landscape

Period

Re-use Re-natured as nature wetland reserve

www www.weidmoos.at
Best Restoration of peat works as bird reserve
practice Life project Nature 2000 Contact Association Torferneuerungsverein Weidmoos
Gemeindeamt Lamprechtshausen, Hauptstraße 4,
5112 Lamprechtshause

Heritage e-mail

Tel

Size (ha) 136

Historical
Recognition
summary

References
Id 65

Name Kőbánya

Address Budapest

Country Hungary

Institution

Stone Limestone; brick clays

Landscape

Period 500 years

Re-use

www
Best
practice Contact

Heritage Means quarry in Hungarian e-mail

Tel

Size (ha)

Historical The area was historically used to mine limestone for

buildings in Buda and north-west Hungary for 500 years. Recognition
summary

References
Id 44

Name Val d'Enfer

Address Carrières de Lumières

Route de Maillane
13520 Les Baux de Provence

Country France

Institution Carrières de lumière

Stone Limestone

Landscape

Period Medieval - 1935

Re-use Conserved and used for cultural shows

www http://carrieres-lumieres.com/en/home
Best Use of quarry spaces for cultural activities.
practice Contact Culturespaces

Heritage e-mail message@carrieres-lumieres.com

Tel 04 90 54 47 37

Size (ha)

Historical Stone used for cathedrals and other sites. Closed 1935.
Used by Jean Cocteau 1959 for filming, and from 1977 for Recognition
summary
art projections.

References
Id 57

Name Le Colorado de Rustrel

Address Logis neuf

84400 Rustrel

Country France

Institution L’association des propriétaires de carrières du Colorado

Provençal

Stone Ochre

Landscape Abandoned quarries

Period C12 - 1992

Re-use

www http://www.colorado-provencal.com/?page_id=2
Best At the variety of colors and landscapes, an association
practice formed to safeguard the site and then starts a tourist Contact
exploitation.

Heritage Rare form of specialised extraction and resulting landscape. e-mail

Tel +33 04 90 04 96 07

Size (ha) 30

Historical The arrival of the railway in Apt in 1877 enabled intensive

exploitation. The Société des Ocres de France (1901) Recognition
summary
brought maximum production in 1929. The advent of
synthetic ended natural ochre extraction. Only the Gargas
site remains active.

References http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_proven%C3%A7al
Jacques Sintès, Les Ocres, Éd. Futura-Sciences.com, 2003
Id 56

Name Musee de l’Ardoise de Renaze

Address La butte de Longchamps

53800 Renazé
Mayenne

Country France

Institution

Stone Slate

Landscape

Period C19 - 1975

Re-use Museum

www
Best Museum of slate and slate products
practice Contact

Heritage e-mail

Tel +33 (0) 243 - 064014

Size (ha)

Historical
Recognition
summary

References
Id 30

Name Parco Geominerario della Sardegna

Address Via Monteverdi, 16

09016 - Iglesias (CI)

Country Italy

Institution Consorzio Parco Geominerario Storico e Ambientale della

Sardegna

Stone Talc

Landscape Large area of abandoned mining and excavations, with

workings, instalations and waste.

Period

Re-use Geopark

www http://www.parcogeominerario.eu/
Best Sardinia's Park has been proclaimed the first historical and
practice environmental geo-mining Park in the world. Contact
Rural tourism, geo-tourism.
Environmental Education Center

Heritage e-mail segreteria@parcogeominerario.sardegna.it

Tel +39 0781255066

Size (ha)

Historical
Recognition
summary

References