Record ID: LVPL-0E44E5
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large beehive quern stone dating to the Iron Age, (800BC-100AD). The object is circular in plan and beehive shaped in form. It is the upper stone of a quern. The object has a central circular perforation. The surface around the perforation on the upper surface has been worn due to its use as the working surface. At one side of the object is a socket for a handle which would probably have been made of metal. The quern stone is granite and in very good condition. Beehive querns were in use during the Iron Age and continued until the 1st century occupation.
Created on: Friday 3rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.