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Description: | Fine grained compacted Sandstone, probable rotary quern fragment. A small chunk probably broken from the top stone. One side is smoothed and dished by wear. The other side bears faint traces of probably radial parallel grooves. Two edges are angled, which may suggest that on at least one side this object comes from the edge of a feed hole into which grain would be poured as the quern was in use. As the angling - on both the sides where it appears - would presuppose the stone to be the upper stone of a pair, it suggests that the quern was ?subsequently inverted to permit the now-worn side to acquire its smoothed surface. Querns of various British, probably Pennine, stones were used through the Roman period and after; thinner discoid stones were more readily portable than the earlier beehive-shaped versions. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.Thickness: 22.1mm, Length: 48.4mm, Width: 38.7mm, Weight: 71.46gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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