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Steenput Quartzite Outcrop

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Steenput Quartzite Outcrop

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Steenput Quartzite Outcrop

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Location: Beersel, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Duivelsborreweg – Vallei van de Steenputbeek loop from Huizingen

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2. Vallei van de Steenputbeek – Duivelsborreweg loop from Dworp

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3. Zevenbronnen Pond – Sept Fontaines Lake loop from Dworp

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Tadaa

October 4, 2020

From the 15th century until about 1900, quartzite rock was quarried in this area for paving stones, mainly intended for the local construction industry. The name Steenput has been used since 1475 and refers to the quarry that is still referred to as 'career' on the Ferraris map. Constant Theys reports that the city of Brussels bought land from Hendrik van Witthem in 1473 to run a quarry there. The quarry was later used as a reservoir for the Steenputmolen, now Molen De Meurs. (inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/17182)

The stones are primary quartzites that are part of the Brabant Massif. You are here to the south of the Brabant anticline, which means that the primary quartzites are relatively shallow here and so outcroppings when rivers cut into them. The rocks date back to the very old Cambrian, roughly 590 million years old. The Stone Age man is said to have successfully utilized Cambrian quartzites from the Steenputbeek valley as portable polishing tools and grinding stones

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Géry VdB

February 24, 2022

This area is located along the Alsembergsesteenweg in Dwerp in the valley of the Molenbeek and is not to be confused with the Steenputbeek reserve which is located on the Steenputbeek.
Description of the area
Consists of 2 bunches. In one of them, outcrops of the Cambrian rocks, some 550 million years old, which were previously mined. Cobblestones from the Steenput adorn the courtyard of the Brussels City Hall. The other grove is much more humid and contains a varied flora of giant horsetail, cranberry and currant root.

Animals and plants
The Wrangroot is a family of the Christmas rose, has beautiful green flowers and blooms at the end of January. In the 17th century it was used by farmers against the cow disease “Wrang”. The bushes are stepping stones between the Hallerbos, Zevenbollen and the higher plateau forests of Begijnenbos and Grootbos.

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Location: Beersel, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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Steenput Quartzite Outcrop

1. Duivelsborreweg – Vallei van de Steenputbeek loop from Huizingen

2. Vallei van de Steenputbeek – Duivelsborreweg loop from Dworp

3. Zevenbronnen Pond – Sept Fontaines Lake loop from Dworp

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