In the Franconian period, stone quarrying was primarily geared towards the production of millstones. Here is a reconstruction of a house barge and the millstones made, for the first time on the top of the Oberstein with a special funnel-shaped formation.

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Location: Mayen, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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