Ireland's longest serving millstone quarry? Millstone Mountain in the Mourn Mountains, Co. Down, Nothern Ireland

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Colfer, Niall
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Colfer, Niall;
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Ireland's longest serving millstone quarry? Millstone Mountain in the Mourn Mountains, Co. Down, Nothern Ireland.
Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 147-159.
https://doi.org/10.21001/rap.2019.extra-4.9.
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This paper comprises a detailed case study focusing on millstone production in the
Mourne Mountains, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, with a specifi c focus on the quarry located on
the aptly named Millstone Mountain on the eastern side of the mountain range. Both medieval
and post-medieval production techniques and millstone sizes, which differed signifi cantly, are
discussed. Research questions concerning quarry placement, geology, transport and chronology of
exploitation are addressed. Discussion of post-medieval economic environment in the northeast
corner of Ireland is provided with a distribution of known granite millstones surviving within
the wider landscape.
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Anderson, T.J., Alonso, N. (eds), Tilting at Mills: The Archaeology and Geology of Mills and Milling. Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent. Número Extra 4, 2019. ISBN: 9788491440291Is part of
Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 147-159European research projects
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