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Record ID: NARC-A02688
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn curved stone fragment, probably from a loomweight. Dark grey granite fabric with flecks of orange iron corrosion product. Worn upper and lower surfaces but discernible central circular perforation and original bun form. A late Iron Age or Roman date is suggested for this artefact given the contemporary material found in the vicinity.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-0A8382
Object type: BEEHIVE QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Complete rounded upper stone of a beehive quern. The hopper is a straight-sided funnel leading to a long narrow feed pipe. There is a handle slot low down on the side of the stone. The quern is carved from millstone grit and is well finished.
Beehive querns are generally acknowledged as being a native form of rotary quern with a wide date range and a wide variety of forms. Dating is difficult but they seem to have originated in the 2nd century BC (Welfare, A.T., 1985, 'The milling stones' in Bidwell, P.T., The Roman Fort at Vindolanda at Chesterholm, Northumberland, Hist. Build. Mon…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Peover', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-D83266
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron age/early Roman flat quern fragment, 146mm long, 97mm wide and 28mm thick. The quern has a grey/brown patina and is made from a volcanic honeycomb rock. The fragment has an even thickness and appears to be part of the base stone. It has clear grooves worn into one surface.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-0D5262
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of a quern made of Hertfordshire puddingstone. The surviving grinding face is about 60 by 40mm, with an edge and top which rises to a thickness of 47mm at the break. Insufficient survives to determine diameter, and it might be either top or bottom stone. The nodules in the matrix are all red with grey. Puddingstone querns are late Iron Age and Roman in date.
Created on: Monday 14th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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This findspot is known as 'Charsfield, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.
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