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QUERN
Unique ID: NMS-96A7C0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Abraded fragment of the upper stone of a Rhineland lava rotary quern of unknown date, with a part of the edge present, one face flat and roughly finished, the other concave and smoothed through wear, thickness 20mm increasing to 27mm at the edge, weight 175g, diameter very approximately 300mm. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval. Surface finds from the immediate surrounds suggest that a Roman date is most likely.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.8 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th February 2017 - Saturday 18th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61801
Other reference: NMD022017
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Wood Dalling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0827
Four figure Latitude: 52.80043686
Four figure longitude: 1.08403293
1:25K map: TG0827
1:10K map: TG02NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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