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Unique ID: BH-7892B1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Part of Late Iron Age to Early Roman rotary quern.
The surviving piece represents approximately one third of the originally ring-shaped upper stone of classic 'bee-hive' form. The outer sides angle inwards, towards the top. The inverted-conical hopper is centrally located and there is also a conical handle socket which extends horizontally through the stone, from the outer face to just short of the hopper. The flat underside of the stone is well worn through use.
Length of piece: 190mm; width: 90mm; height: 90mm; weight: 2.345kg.
Chris Green has examined this quernstone and identifies the material as Folkestone greensand. Between 1974 and 1989, over 100 similar greensand querns or quern fragments were found on the foreshore at East Wear Bay, Folkestone (Keller 1989: 193 - 200). The main period of production is thought to be the 1st century BC to 1st century AD, after which their manufacture probably declined significantly (ibid. 199).
Class: Folkestone greensand
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Length: 190 mm
Height: 90 mm
Width: 90 mm
Weight: 2345 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th November 2012
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Other reference: Ver 13/89 - 8
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Keller, P.T. | 1989 | Quern Production at Folkestone, South-East Kent: An Interim Note | London | Society for the Promotion of Roman studies |