Natural monument outcrop on the whetstone
The natural monument Aufschluss am Wetzstein with a size of 0.21 ha is located northeast of Neuastenberg in the urban area of Winterberg . The quarry is located around 300 m south of Helleplatz, a parking lot with a refuge on a common section of federal roads 236 and 480.
The area was designated as a natural monument (ND) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2008 with the Winterberg landscape plan . The former quarry lies in the sandstone - clay slate horizon of the Ramsbeck strata . A hiking trail leads past the quarry .
literature
- Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (Ed.): Landscape plan Winterberg , Meschede 2008, p. 114.
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 20.2 " N , 8 ° 29 ′ 45.4" E