Le Mont St. Michel: The Giant Hamster Wheel

I had been wondering, as I wandered through St Michel, how in the world they managed to get all that stone up the hill.

The answer was a giant hamster wheel.   The ropes in the photo were perhaps 2" in diameter.  And the wheel was 12-16' in diameter.

Here, slaves, prisoners or monks would walk to bring up supplies and building materials via the ropes.

And, I thought I had a bad job!!