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Émurias of Chana de Somoza (Roman mining spoil heaps)

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Émurias of Chana de Somoza (Roman mining spoil heaps)

Curiosity · Lucillo, La Cabrera, León

Image of Lucillo, not of the place itself.

The residents call émurias the heaps of stones that dot the district of Chana de Somoza: they are the spoil accumulated by Roman gold washing, the same technique that stripped the hillsides of Las Médulas.

Photo: Hovallef (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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