Using the power of nature

Using the power of wood, swollen by water, millstones are extracted at Herrylock beach.

[original summary of the episode: "In Waterford, Alice Roberts learns how to make glass from sand. Neil Oliver also engages with an ancient skill, the extraction of entire millstones from Herrylock beach using the power of the sea. He later visits the oldest intact operational lighthouse in the world at Hook Head."]

Saved 26 February 2013 / www.bbc.co.uk ↗

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