Sandstone quarry

These quarries, dedicated to the extraction of marés (sandstone) blocks for construction, came right down to the seashore. Part of this quarry is now submerged. Although we do not know the exact origin, according to oral reports we know that they were abandoned during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

Probably, part of the extracted building material was used to build the first summer houses in Can Picafort from 1908 onwards, specifically in the area of Son Bauló. On the path that can still be seen today, you can still see the deep marks left by the ruts of the carts that carried away the cut blocks.

On the walls of the quarry you can see the marks of extraction made by hand using very simple tools. On each bench, the quarrymen or ""trencadors"", as they were called, left a step that they used to climb up and down. If they found good stone they could widen the landing. Sometimes they could work for years in the same place. A ""trencador"" would take out a maximum of a dozen stones each day. The ""trencadors"" used to sleep in huts during the week and at the weekend they returned to their villages. One of these huts can still be seen a few metres from this quarry.