Record ID: DEV-302C35
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The top half of a circular stone rotary quern. Rotary querns were used to grind food- usually grain to make flour for bread. The top stone had a hole in the centre, where a wooden handle was slotted in. The handle could then be used to turn the top stone over the lower stone, in order to grind up the grain. Rotary querns first came into use in the Iron age, and were used throughout out the Roman and Medieval periods. Querns were generally replaced with the advent of large mills and windmills, although in some parts of the world, they are still in use today. This …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-2F44C2
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cosmetic end-looped mortar. The cosmetic mortar is an elongated crescent in profile with an integral loop beneath one terminal. The plain loop-end of the pestle is truncated and only half of the loop remains; the breaks are worn. The body of the mortar is 'U' shaped in cross section, which tapers in width and depth, becoming shallower and narrower towards each terminal. The groove is very smooth and worn. The base is slightly flattened and the object will sit on upright on a flat surface. The ends and sides are corroded, obscuring any original decoratio…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barlavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2D85A8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pin, surviving in two fragments, dating from the Middle Iron Age, that is c. 500-200BC. The stem is complete and shows a swan's neck kick at the top; the break is old. The head is very ornate. It is wheel-shaped with moulded decoration. Between the head and the shaft sits a bulbous neck moulding between two narrow collars. The head is shaped like a wheel with four spokes and seventeen mouldings on the top: twelve around the wheel, like the hours of a clock, one on each spoke and a central one. There is no additional enamel decoration. Pins like these are probably rel…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.