Small-sca­le lime bur­ning has a very long histo­ry in the area around Billingen.

Small-sca­le lime bur­ning has a very long histo­ry in the area around Bil­ling­en. In 1916, the stock com­pa­ny Gull­hö­gens Bruk was foun­ded and the first cement facto­ry was established in 1923. Gull­hö­gens Bruk expan­ded after World War II and for a time the plant had over 400 employe­es. Gull­hö­gens Bruk was acqui­red by and incor­po­ra­ted into Cemen­ta in 1973.

Today, the lar­ge plant con­tains big silos, kilns, and crushers. The cement pro­duc­tion is situ­a­ted in con­nec­tion to a lar­ge quar­ry, which sur­rounds Våmb church vil­lage on three sides. The plant is of major indust­ri­al-histo­ri­cal inte­rest for both the regi­on of Ska­ra­borg and the city of Sköv­de. It is one of two remai­ning cement facto­ri­es in Sweden.

Limesto­ne is still quar­ri­ed today in the north quar­ry in order to make cement. This quar­ry is of spe­ci­al inte­rest becau­se of the lar­ge num­bers of fos­sils that can be found here. Gui­ded tours around the area are orga­ni­sed by Cemen­ta. During the­se tours you can chip out your own fos­sils of cre­a­tu­res such as ort­ho­ce­ras, which lived 400 mil­li­on years ago. Cre­vices in the rock now pro­vi­de nesting sites for stock doves.

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