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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Kall

Roman Sandstone Quarry, Kall

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Kall

Roman Sandstone Quarry, Kall

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Roman Sandstone Quarry, Kall

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Location: Kall, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Axel 🥾🐕🚴 OUTDOORSEITE

March 9, 2015

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The old Romans have sanded Buntsandstein here for their houses, water systems or funerary monuments. The Schlegelspuren on the stone stairs suggest that the quarry in the 2nd / 3rd Belonged to a private entrepreneur, who occasionally had stones demolished here.

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R.Bungartz

April 4, 2020

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The colored sandstone of the Northern Eifel was used in Roman times for building houses and water pipes as well as for the erection of grave monuments and consecrated stones. …

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Gerd

January 6, 2017

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Unfortunately, the quarry is located directly on a street. It's so! Detailed panels along the Pingenwanderweg offer a lot of information.

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Elevation 380 m

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Location: Kall, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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