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Description: | 2 fragments of grit stone, probably re-used quern stone. The pieces are irregularly shaped; just fragments. It is a grey Millstone Grit. The matrix is fine with many fine inclusions; fairly frequent black soft pieces, very frequent black hard shiny and angular pieces, white soft pieces which are mainly infrequent and occasional red iron rich particles which are much larger. The stones are strongly magnetic.It is believed that the unusual quantities of grit stone found in this area may be related to the Roman greyware pottery industry. It is suggested that the quern stones were ground down to use as temper for the pottery. A Roman date is therefore the most likely. Together, the fragments weigh about 78.7g.
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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