Quarried Monoliths
This list includes only quarried, but not moved monoliths.
| Weight | Name/Site | Type | Location | Builder | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16250 !~16,250 t | Stele Base in the Yangshan Quarry |
Block | Nanjing, China | Ming Empire | 30.35 m long, 13 m wide, 16 m high |
| 124200 !~1,242 t | Unnamed monolith | Block | Baalbek, Lebanon | Roman Empire | 19.5–20.5 m long, 4.34–56 m wide, 4.5 m high |
| 110000 !~1,100 t | Unfinished obelisk | Obelisk | Assuan, Egypt | Ancient Egypt | 41.75 m long, 2.5–4.4 m wide |
| 100000,12 !~1,000.12 t | Stone of the South | Block | Baalbek, Lebanon | Roman Empire | 20.31–76 m long, 4–5.29 m wide, 4.21–32 m high |
| 020700 !~1,207 t | Granite column | Column | Mons Claudianus, Egypt | Roman Empire | Ca. 17.7 m (59 feet) long |
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Famous quotes containing the word quarried:
“Under bare Ben Bulben’s head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman pass by!”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)