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

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2019
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Colfer, Niall
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Colfer, Niall; . (2019) . 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: 9788491440291
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69512
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https://doi.org/10.21001/rap.2019.extra-4.9
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Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 147-159
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