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Description: | A fragment of quernstone made from a light pinkish-grey coarse-grained sedimenatry rock (possibly millstone grit). A similar quern fragment was found nearby - see PAS record no. BH-B2C4D4. The piece described here is darker in colour than BH-B2C4D4, and may have been burnt. Curwen suggests that small hand mills and rotary querns - the likely origin of this piece - probably came into use in the late Iron Age, continuining through the Roman period and possibly beyond (1937; pp. 137-151).The piece is irregular in shape but has flat upper and lower surfaces. It measures 59.9mm long, 51.4mm wide, 37.7mm thick and weighs 182.6g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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