Ground monument quarry Büchel / Großbüchel

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Entrance to the Büchel-Großbüchel quarry

The Büchel / Großbüchel quarry monument extends north of the confluence of the road to Büchel with Bücheler Weg in the Herrenstrunden district of Bergisch Gladbach in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district .

description

It is a disused quarry, 80 m long from north to south and 45 m wide from west to east. Its geological significance lies in the fact that reef formations in the mass limestone of the Middle Devonian have been preserved in the peripheral areas.

Ground monument

The area is entered under No. 8 in the list of archaeological monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Individual evidence

  1. List of monuments of the city of Bergisch Gladbach, permanent ground monument No. 8

Web links

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '27.8 "  N , 7 ° 10' 12.2"  E