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QUERN
Unique ID: SF-6BB598
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of grey lava quern stone of possible Roman or later date, probably imported from the Rhine. The fragment terminates in old breaks at both ends but preserves part of the curved outer edge as well as the grinding surface, which has radiating transverse ridges. It measures 116.77mm in width, 95.87mm in length, 34.44mm in thickness and 378g in weight. This quern is possibly of Roman date, although a later, Medieval, date cannot immediately be ruled out.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 95.87 mm
Width: 116.77 mm
Thickness: 34.44 mm
Weight: 378 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Bacton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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