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Description: | Hemi-ovoid shaped Ferruginous Sandstone saddle quern of Later Prehistoric or Roman date. Length 237mm, width 149mm and 108mm thick. Weight c. 1700g.
This upper stone of a saddle quern has a convex upper surface. It has "peck" marks that were formed during the latter stages of its manufacture. The flat underside of the quern has been shaped by "pecking" and has polished "high-spots" which were created whilst the quern was in use.
The object is in good condition. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -4500
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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