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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