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Description: | A fragment of a rotary hand-quern of probable Roman date.The convex upper surface indicates that this is part of a base stone. The piece represents part of the outer side of an originally circular stone, the diameter of which would have been slightly wider than that of the remaining piece. The stone used is a reasonably fine-grained limestone and has been worn smooth in places. Adhering to the outside is what appears to be a patch of iron corrosion, which may have originated from an attached iron band. The piece measures approximately 280mm wide, 80mm deep and weighs in excess of 2kg.Small rotary querns are a reasonably common find from the Roman period. There is little information about querns from the Early Medieval period. In the Medieval and post-Medieval periods the hand-operated quern was largely superseded by windmills and water-powered mills, which used much larger stones.
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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