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QUERN
Unique ID: WILT-B73031
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment hemi-ovoid shaped Sarsen saddle or grinding quernstone dating to period c. 800 BC- AD 410. Half of the quern is missing. The upper surface is longitudinally concave. In the concavity is a small circular recess possibly part of its original function or later reuse.
There is iron staining on the incomplete quern suggesting that the quern may have been used for iron working. Tap slag from iron smelting has been recovered from the field, perhaps supporting this suggestion.
The object measures 274mm in max length and 67mm in maximum thickness.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 274 mm
Thickness: 67 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5127
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bromham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9766
Four figure Latitude: 51.39302989
Four figure longitude: -2.04450579
1:25K map: ST9766
1:10K map: ST96NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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