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Description: | Fragment of a weathered granite rotary quern, part of the upper stone which sat on a lower stone of similar circumference, around a central hole. The two stones were held together by a wooden spindle through the two holes. The upper stone was rotated over the base and grain placed between the stones so that it was ground. The granite is typical of weathered granite from moorland outcrops and contains pale felspars and quartz inclusions. The felspars are soft and are worked or weathered into hollows, while the quartz is hard and stands proud of the surface, creating a shearing action to cut the grain.This fragment is similar to others found on Romano-British sites.Quinnell (2004) illustrates a similar example from Trethurgy on page 146, Fig.71, No.43.
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