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Description: | Moderately compacted coarse sandstone, Millstone Grit, albeit of uncertain provenance. Quern fragment, from the top stone of a set. The lower working surface bears three deep grooves with profiles rounded by wear, while the upper stone bears a stepped surface. The grooves were set at an angle to the radius of a circular stone turned by hand with an inserted handle - a procedure less laborious than might be expected as the grains acted as ball bearings as they were fed in, and the flour as a lubricant powder. This is a small part of a stone which would have had an original diameter of 350-500mm. Quern fragments of Millstone Grit and other materials were recorded from Middle to Late Saxon contexts at Wharram Percy, East Yorkshire, and more widely from rural sites in the North where retrieval and reporting have been conscientious. It would here presumably have come by water to close to its find spot. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1050.Length: 51.2mm, Thickness: 35.6mm, Weight: 138.72gms.
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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