Record ID: SF4141 - NEOLITHIC saddle quern

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SADDLE QUERN

Unique ID: SF4141

Object type certainty: Certain

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Made from a coarse grained quartzite erratic with some possible shaping (or accidental damage) around the perimeter. The irregular oval working surface (280 x 200 mm) is dished to a depth of c. 35 mm and is pitted near its centre. Overall dimensions approximately 345 x 220 x 120 mm. Saddle querns were been in use in Britain from the late Neolithic into the Iron Age, being then replaced by rotary querns in many areas, but may have persisted in some places later.

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Length: 345 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 120 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Waveney
To be known as: SUFFOLK LOUND

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2000

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Recorded by: Dr Helen Geake - [ view all attributed records]
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