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Record ID: NCL-6C6B46
Object type: SMOOTHING EQUIPMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oblong stone smoother that could date from the Prehistoric to early Modern periods. The stone is subrectangular in plan and sub-drop-shaped in section. The entire surface is smooth, as if river-worn, but the object was found on agricultural land. The stone is igneous, and probably a basalt.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-A7F853
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a carved stone sculpture of a probable boar or pig. A close comparison has not, so far, been found, therefore the date is not certain. However, Martin Henig has commented in correspondence that he doesn’t see why it is not Roman, and mentions a boar discovered in Bath, Wiltshire (Henig, M. The Art of Roman Britain). The stone the object is carved from is an igneous rock, which has been very weathered. The object was probably carved from a weathered pebble, and not a fragment of rock taken immediately from a larger portion. The stone is a medium coarse grained …
Created on: Monday 10th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-B64A85
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of greenstone quern, perhaps dolerite or epidiorite, triangular in plan and semi-circular in profile and in section. Probably a fragment of the lower stone of a rotary quern which acted as a base below the upper stone of similar circumference, linked by a central hole. The two stones were held together by a wooden spindle through the two holes. The upper stone was rotated over the base and grain placed between the stones so that it was ground. The greenstone is typical of that found in the west of Cornwall from known outcrops and contains pale felspars and dark pyroxene in…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-D80032
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a quern stone of Roman or later date. It is formed of porous grey volcanic stone, probably imported from the Rhineland, the surviving fragment being approximately triangular in plan, rectangular in section and with one flattened face to enable grinding. It measures 73.42mm in length, 64.71mm in width, 23.29mm in thickness, and weighs 123.21g.
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D29141
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of grey lava quern stone of possible Roman or later date, possibly imported from the Rhine. Part of one edge is preserved, with a flattened grinding surface and rounded exterior edge. It measures 83.41mm in width, 54.19mm in length, 16.79mm in thickness, and weighs 110.01g. This quern is possibly of Roman date given the associated finds from the site, although a later date cannot immediately be ruled out.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kedington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF6253
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a lava quern. Maximum 24mm thick. Grooved on both faces - intervals c. 8mm on one face, 12mm on the other. Unusually thin for a Roman quern so more likely medieval - but these not usually dressed on both faces.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-65EDB1
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four fragments of quernstone made from a light pinkish rough-grained stone - possibly millstone grit. It is uncertain whether or not the four pieces were all originally part of the same stone, but the thickness of the three intact, larger fragments is similar enough to suggest that they may have been. The largest piece measures 113.1mm long by 106.4mm wide and 52.1mm thick; its underside retains traces of what appears to be rows of carved circular depressions, which may have increased the effectiveness of the tool; the inner edge is slightly concave and appears to represent part o…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-46C0E8
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a quern stone, probably a lower stone, made from lava. Lava querns were imported from Germany in the Roman and Early Medieval period. The quern is dressed on the grinding surface with concentric ridges that do not follow the circumference of the stone. The other side is not dressed but slopes down towards the outer edge.
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cannon Street area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-46EFE1
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a lava quern stone, probably a lower stone. Lava querns were imported from Germany in the Roman and early Medieval period. This fragment comes from the outer edge of the stone. One side is finely dressed with triangular sections of parallel ridges. The other side is plain but also feels worn, with areas of loss. The fragment is of almost even thickness although the lower side may be slightly concave.
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cannon Street area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1913
Object type: QUERN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
U Four fragment of lava querns, two upper stones with non-measurable diams., thicknesses 30 & 37mm, two others thicknesses 25 & 37mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COLKIRK', grid reference and parish protected.