Published 2023-12-01
“…Nonetheless, these two trenches revealed a base consisting of three courses of large limestone blocks measuring up to 2 m in height.The opus quadratum foundations of these two piers were built using limestone blocks originating from regional
quarries. One type was oolitic Bathonian limestone from Beaujolais (Lucenay stone), the outcrops of which are located in the Beaujolais hills on the right bank of the Saône, about 20 km as the crow flies north of the site. …”
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