These quarries, used for extracting *marès* stone blocks for construction, extended right to the water's edge. Part of the quarry is now submerged. Although their exact origin is unknown, oral accounts indicate that they were abandoned during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939).
It is very likely that some of the building material extracted here was used to construct the first holiday homes in Can Picafort from 1908 onwards, particularly in the Son Bauló area. Along the path that is still used today, the deep wheel ruts left by the carts that transported the cut stone blocks can still be seen.
The quarry walls preserve the marks of manual extraction carried out using very simple tools. On each level, the quarrymen, known as trencadors, left a step that allowed them to move up and down. When they found good-quality stone, they could widen the working platform. Sometimes they worked in the same place for years. A trencador could extract a maximum of around twelve stone blocks per day.
The trencadors usually slept in huts during the week and returned to their villages at weekends. One of these huts can still be identified next to the quarry.
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