Mill stones in Alto Aragón

Escalona

Escalona is a nucleus of Puertolas and is on the main road between L'Ainsa and the Tunel de Bielsa (A-138). A heap of stones lies next to the parking and garbage collection site under the bridge over the río Vellos.

As far as we know, there was never a mill in the village. We asked several people and nobody seems to know where these stones come from. The heap contains composite and monolitic stones of different sizes and with different dressing patterns. The stone at the bottom (4) shows balance boxes typical for stones from La Ferté.

Pictures: 22.xii.2008, 11.i.2022 — Lon: 0.143162 Lat: 42.497409 (WGS84)

(1) Stones 1 (top) – 5, and 6 (leaning against the heap).

(2) measurements of the stones
type∅ cmobs.
1monolith70eye 17 cm
2monolith99
3monolith105
type∅ cmobs.
4monolith115metal tension band
5composite13025 cm thick, balance boxes, 3 bands
6composite13026 cm thick, 3 bands

(3) Stones 3, 4, 5, & 6
(4) Stones 2 (top) to 5

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