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QUERN
Unique ID: NMGW-5B910B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Stone rotary quern fragment probably of Roman date
The stone is from a rotary quern and is probably a fragmentary upper-stone in coarse-grained sandstone, now of sub-triangular form (with a maximum surviving length of 99.0mm, a maximum surviving width of 91.5mm and a weight of 357.0g). One of the edges is curved and is likely to be the original outer edge of the quern. The stone is of rectangular section and is thickest at the outside edge, which is without a raised lip (with a thickness of 33.1mm compared with a thickness of 30.1mm at the inside). The grinding face has radial grooving, with four grooves represented on the fragment. Both broken edges on the fragment are old-breaks and there is no evidence for the central aperture on the fragment.
Class: rotary quern
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 99 mm
Width: 91.5 mm
Weight: 357 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2014.157.1
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wenvoe (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1272
Four figure Latitude: 51.44013338
Four figure longitude: -3.26749637
1:25K map: ST1272
1:10K map: ST17SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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