Flint mine
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A flint mine may be as simple as a pit on the surface or an area of quarrying or it may refer to a series of shafts and tunnels used to extract flint.
Flint mines have been in use since the Palaeolithic but were most common during the Neolithic. Although flint is not as valuable a resource in modern times, a few flint mines remain in operation even today (for example at Miorcani).[1] (For its modern uses, see the page on flint.)
Known Flint Mines
- Austria
- Mauer-Antonshöhe (German Wiki: Mauer-Antonshöhe)
- "Am Feuerstein" in Kleinwalsertal (Vorarlberg)
- Belgium
- The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes
- Jandrain-Jandrenouille (Orp-Jauche)
- Denmark
- Hov (near Thisted)
- Egypt
- Taramsa (near Qena)[2]
- Nazlet Khater
- France
- Flint mines of Bretteville-le-Rabet located between Caen and Falaise, Calvados. (German Wiki: Feuersteinbergwerke von Bretteville-le-Rabet)
- Jablines[3][4] (German Wiki: Feuersteinminen von Jablines)
- Le Grand-Pressigny
- Germany
- Lengfeld (near Bad Abbach).
- Abensberg-Arnhofen near Abensberg. (German wiki: Flint mine at Abensberg-Arnhofen)
- Asch (near Blaubeuren)
- Baiersdorf (near Essing)
- Kleinkems in Efringen-Kirchen
- Lousberg in Aachen
- Bottmersdorf
- Osterberg
- On Rügen island there are the exposed flint fields between Mukran and Prora.
- Schernfeld
- Great Britain[5]
- Grimes Graves near Brandon, close to the border between Norfolk and Suffolk[6][7]
- Cissbury Church Hill near the village of Findon West Sussex
- Penmaenmawr in Conwy County Borough, Wales
- Beer (Devon)
- Hungary
- Netherlands
- Rijckholt Sint-Geertruid mines. (German wiki: Rijckholt-Feuerstein)
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Krzemionki[9]
- Wierzbica "Zele"[10]
- Skałecznica Duża
- Korycizna
- Sąspów
- Krunio
- Borownia
- Bębło
- Rybniki
- Romania
- Outside the village of Miorcani, there is a modern flint mine.
- Piatra Tomii near the village of Răcătau
- Spain
- Casa Montero [1]
- Switzerland
- between Olten and Wangen bei Olten
- Lägern between Wettingen and Regensberg
- Löwenburg (Pleigne, Canton of Jura)
- USA
Further reading
The above-mentioned flint mining sites and others are mentioned in the following texts.
Allard, Bostyn, Giligny, Lech (Editors) 2006[11]
Aubry & Mangado 2006[12]
Hunt Ortiz 1996[13]
Matías Rodríguez, R. 2005[14]
Weisgerber & Slotta 1999[15]
See also
- Stone Fields in the Schmale Heath and Extension - nature reserve
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