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Description: | Quartzite pounder, circular in plan and spherical in profile with a flattened base caused by the use of this surface for pounding and perhaps grinding. There are a few hollows around the body of the pounder which may have been deliberately chipped away to make it easier to grip. The pounder has been made out of a natural pebble, utilised for its ideal shape and weight. Once deposited in the soil, the pounder has been stained in the area of the grinding surface from being exposed to pink shale or felspar.Jones et al (2002) illustrate another pounder from a Later Bronze Age structure at Callestick on page 32, Fig.13, No.87. Quinnell (2004) illustrates a quartzite rubbing stone which is spherical with a pecked circular depression for use as a grip, but worn to a high gloss from its use, on page 141, Fig.67, No.25, which is dated to the Romano-British Period. Note proximity of findspot to this site.Without stratified contexts for these sorts of stone tools which do not change much over time, there is no way of dating them to a certain period.
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