Record ID: CORN-E82001
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible quern fragment, likely from the base. It looks to be made from a pitted greenstone. Due to its findspot context, it is likely to be Iron Age in dating, although secure dating is impossible, given its fragmentary state, but it is likely to be of prehistoric-Iron Age dates. It still has evidence of a grinding surface, and the curvature around the edge of the grinding surface (where this surface meets the edge of the stone) suggests that when intact, the entire object was circular in shape. Using this curvature to estimate the overall diameter of the grinding surface, it wo…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-F0EDD7
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of stone, possibly a fragment of a quern, of Roman to medieval date, (c.43 AD - 1500 AD). Description: The fragment is broadly triangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The longer, curved edge of the triangle shape suggests the outer edge of a quern stone, though this edge is very rough. The other edges are broken. One face is worked. On the worked face, there is a dished indentation whose curved edge is parallel to the line of the curved outer edge. This indentation is probably part of the central hollow of the lower stone of a quern. There is no …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-353814
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sandstone quern fragment. A sub-triangular chunk of fine grained red-buff Sandstone, possibly reused as a sharpening stone. The overall form includes a short [40mm] extent of a curved edge, and an aris where two flat surfaces meet at an acute angle opposite the curved side; the intervening surface is flat and probably lightly dished by wear, the fourth large side is broken. These characteristics could point to this being a fragment of a rotary quern of estimated original diameter 260mm. The Romano-British period also saw the use of a wide range of sharpening and polishing stones, which…
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-118667
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lava quern fragment. A wedge-shaped fragment from a quern stone, rounded by abrasion. One flat face is smoother than the other – though not by much – marking the working side of the stone. The rounded form at the broader end of the fragment may suggest a biconical or hourglass feed hole set centrally to the pair of stones whence this fragment derives. Lava from Eifel in Western Germany was exploited to make quern stones from the Roman period, and these were also the subject of trade between Carolingian Europe and England in the early 9th century. Suggested date: Roman, 43-4…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-99EF4B
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone Roman quernstone dating to circa AD 43-410. The surviving element is around half of the lower stone. The stone is sandstone. It is a flat quernstone. It is straight sided with a now convex but now uneven based. The grinding surface is flat and heavily worn. The spindle hole is circular in plan with steep, oblique sides. The spindle hole is completely perforated and is 45mm in diameter. Shaffrey notes that flat quernstones came to be in use in southern England during the 1st century AD and are predominantly worked from sandstone (2021). Diameter: 400mm; Th…
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-806EC6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained compacted buff Sandstone rotary quern fragment, perhaps comprising a little under a quarter of the original conical to hemispherical top stone of a pair, and of an estimated diameter of 210mm. The function is indicated by a relict part of its flat smoothed lower working surface, of length 131mm and width 55mm. Opposite this, on the upper part of the stone, a narrow relict smoothed zone of length 65mm and width 15mm includes a descending curve on its inner edge, marking a central feed hole. This may suggest that the external surface of the stone, or at least that part near…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rudston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-92DCA3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete quern stone of Iron Age to Roman date (c.100 BC - AD 100). Description: The stone has a low "bun-shape", common amongst quern stones of this era. The sides are gently curved and sloping and it has a concave top with a central conical perforation forming the hopper. The grinding surface has been worn fairly flat. Approximately a third of the stone is missing, broken in antiquity. There are traces of iron staining, probably from metallic deposits which litter the area. Measurements: 340mm in diameter, 250mm across to the broken side, 110mm high, weight 15.6kg.…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd September 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-906CD3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of Hertfordshire Puddingstone quern, of probably first century AD, Roman date. "...Puddingstone is a conglomerate of flint pebbles in a siliceous matrix..." (Major, H. Lucerna 27, p.2.). The fragment retains a worn surface which would have been part of the grinding face. The piece is 59mm in height at its highest point. The length is 95.29mm. The weight is 392g. One of the surfaces is worn, evidence of its former use. The fragment retains a pink/purple colouration owing to the iron oxide in the original rock formation.
Created on: Saturday 23rd May 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yew Tree Farm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7F1F13
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of Hertfordshire Puddingstone quern, of probably first century AD, Roman date. "...Puddingstone is a conglomerate of flint pebbles in a siliceous matrix..." (Major, H. Lucerna 27, p.2.). The fragment recovered is the lower stone of a beehive quern, weighing 4.4kg. Radius of the widest surviving piece is 13cm, overall height 10cm. Lower spindle hole survives 3.36cm deep, ~4cm wide at the top and ~1.6cm at the base of the hole.
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mash Field', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7E38C8
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of Hertfordshire Puddingstone quern, of probably first century AD, Roman date. "...Puddingstone is a conglomerate of flint pebbles in a siliceous matrix..." (Major, H. Lucerna 27, p.2.). Recovered "eyes-only" during metal detecting on a known Medieval site, and found surrounded by other field stones, perhaps suggesting possibly that the quern fragment was collected from a nearby Roman settlement (where 1st century coins have been recorded by the finder of the quern fragment), and used as part of a possible cobbled surface within the Medieval site. The fragment displays evidence …
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childerley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C296C3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete upper stone, likely from an early Roman rotary quern, produced from Folkestone Beds Lower Greensand​​​​​ stone and dating to the period c.1st-2nd century AD. Description: The stone has a low "bun-shape", common amongst quern stones of this era, the sides are gently sloping and it has a conave top with a wide a central conical perforation forming the hopper; the interior surface worn. On the flat bottom of the stone has slight corrosion perhaps remains of an iron spindle sleeve. The grinding surface has been worn smooth. There are several chips around the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th May 2020
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Record ID: CORN-E27859
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete upper stone of a rotary quern of coarse-grained greisen, dating from the late Iron Age to the Roman period. The quern is broken across its diameter, the remaining fragment representing about half of the original stone, being D-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. There is a large fragment missing from the lower surface at one end of the break and a smaller fragment from the upper surface at the opposite end; the damage is mostly ancient although there are several smaller areas of recent plough damage. Allowing for the damage, the external diameter is approximately…
Created on: Thursday 4th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th November 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C59823
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a rotary quern of probable Roman date. Made from medium to fine grain sandstone with evidence of fine inclusions. The fragment is part of the lower half of the quern and does not extend to the middle hole, so the dimensions of the entire stone are uncertain. The quern stone is flat on the lower side with a convex rounded edge with the lower facebeing wider than the inner side. The upper surface has a groove of approximately 40mm wide extending to the outer edge, presumably to allow the flow of ground flour. The surviving edge is dressed. It is 150mm long, and a maximu…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: NARC-AC03FA
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete probable Beehive quern of Roman date (AD 43-200). The object is the upper half of a beehive quern. The stone is dome-shaped, with a fluted upper surface with a central circular perforating, to facilitate the attachment of this portion to the lower half of the quern. A section of the lower edge of the object is missing and there is no clear indication of the side perforation. This aspect my have been lost or obscured by the break. There are portions missing to the upper edge and the lower is heavily abraded. Unmalted grain would have been poured into the vertical perfor…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2018
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Record ID: SF-BB954E
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A mostly complete puddingstone 'beehive' type quern dating to the Late Iron Age or early Roman period, c. 1-160 AD. Ground from a grey conglomerate with large orange, pinkish and black flint inclusions, the quern has suffered some minor losses to its edge though is otherwise preserved in reasonable condition. It is broadly circular in plan and domed, with angled sides that give it a 'beehive' like appearance. It demonstrates a central circular aperture, though this is now clogged at its upper edge with a large broken flint nodule which has apparently been jammed in the aperture- wheth…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-9A8B77
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (possibly -200 to AD 400) probable re-used quern fragment: The stone is probably sandstone with fine to medium sized inclusions which are rounded, white and pink coloured. The base is a sub-trapezoid with broken and abraded edges. The base is worn flat and smooth. In section the quern is a sub semi-circle. On side face is also worn quite smooth, but has fine linear striations. This face is forms a right-angled to the base. The remaining surface of the possible quern is rough. It measures 62.94mm long, 74.66mm wide across the smooth side face and 38.72mm thick. It…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2017
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Record ID: NLM-B42056
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone quern fragment. A tiny sub-pyramidal fragment of a coarse conglomerate rock with quartz and grey rock inclusions in a buff matrix with one smoothed face - taken to be the working face of a grinding stone - and broken on all other sides. The very limited survival leaves it uncertain whether this was from a thin round stone, one of a pair, or from a heftier beehive quern. Suggested date: Unknown, Iron Age to Early Medieval, 800BC-AD1000. Thickness (in excess of): 50mm, Weight: 114.61gms
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amcotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2316B4
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a rotary quern of uncertain date. Made of well cemented and sorted medium to fine grain sandstone. The fragment is part of one side of the quern and does not extend to the middle hole so the dimensions of the entire stone are unclear. The quern stone is flat with a convex rounded edge and one face wider than the other. The wider face meets the side at a sharp angle and is pecked and roughened and presumably the grinding surface. The other face is smooth like the rounded edge. It is 75.6mm long, and a maximum of 67.8mm wide and 36.5mm thick; it weighs 317 grams. The…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-800392
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment originating from a Quernstone of late Iron Age or Roman date, c. 1-160 AD. The grinding face of the fragment is smooth and slightly concave, while the upper section is highly irregular due to breakage. It has been manufactured from puddingstone, a distinctive conglomerate containing rounded red flint pebbles within a siliceous matrix, the main sources of which lie in Hertfordshire. Preserved in fairly fresh condition, it survives to a length of 88.47mm, 50.38mm thick, and weighs 364g. Research carried out by Major in Essex suggests that puddingstone rotary q…
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C2EBDD
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman rotary quern stone. The piece represents just under half of the originally ring-shaped upper stone. The stone is of classic 'bee hive' form, being domed, with a flat underside, and retains part of its inverted-conical hopper, located centrally. Part of a conical handle socket extends horizontally from the outer face, terminating a short distance from the hopper. Another feature of the stone is a recessed perimeter band, which probably represents a seating for a driving strap. The puddingstone itself is a conglomerate comprising small to medium…
Created on: Saturday 13th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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