Record ID: LANCUM-08DFB5
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age or Romano-British broken quern stone. The length is 300mm and width is 160mm.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BECKFOOT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E4114D
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nearly complete upper half of a Roman beehive quern, probably dating from the 2nd century AD. The stone is very heavy and dome-shaped with a very worn, but probably formerly fluted upper surface. The bottom is flat. Only a small part is missing, but the central perforation as well as the side hole for the wooden handle are still present. Unmalted grain would have been poured into the vertical perforation at the top whilst there would have been a wooden handle in the horizontal hole for turning the quern stone on top of the lower stone. The rotary quern used circular motions to grind t…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bootle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-43F4B6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Top of a Roman granite 'upper' of a rotary quern dating from the Roman period. The dimensions are: ca 290-300mm diameter; ca 160mm high, with a ca. 120mm hopper diameter. The central perforation is c. 20x28mm and funnel-shaped. The upper is circular and fluted on the outside. It is in very good condition. Its handle hole is rectangular, presumably for a wedge-shaped metal handle. NB: Many thanks to John Cruse for his advice on this object!
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2006
Last updated: Sunday 2nd November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-12AFC3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nearly complete upper half of a Roman beehive quern, probably dating from the 2nd century AD. The stone is very heavy and dome-shaped with a fluted upper surface. Only one small piece from the outside is missing, but the central perforation as well as the side perforation are still present. Unmalted grain would have been poured into the vertical perforation whilst there would have been a wooden handle in the horizontal hole for turning the quern stone on top of the lower stone. The rotary quern used circular motions to grind the material, meaning both the quern and the handstone were …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silloth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CD083
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mill or quern stone fragment, sandstone, most probably dating from the Roman period, although the fragment is too small to be certain. It most probably was a fragment of the upper half of the quern: part of the outer edge remains (centre image, upper edge of fragment) and it is sloping towards the centre, i.e. this fragment was part of the concave half of the quern. All edges and surfaces are very worn and only three original surfaces remain: the upper and lower as well as the outer surface; all the others are breaks. The upper surface (which would be the underside of the quern) displa…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maryport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-39F5D1
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Top half of a granite rotary quern. These objects are difficult to date - pre Roman querns were usually saddle querns, but rotary querns were used from Roman times until the 19th century when they were replaced by mills.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-6687E3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large fragment of a rotary quern, made from dark red sand stone. Because of its shape it is suggested here that it is the lower half of the rotary quern. The central perforation is still visible and on one side of the sloping upper surface, it has a large, deep groove. Rotary querns are very difficult to date. They were an every-day household item and have been found in Roman as well as Medieval contexts. The quern was recorded at Penrith Finds Day, 14.06.05
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-EC7533
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worked granite rotary quern stone. Only the top half remains. The central perforation is still in good condition although does show signs of wear. The underside of this half has a chipped edge and there is a ridge to indicate the location of the quern handle.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.