Record ID: NLM-21AA56
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Coarse-grained Sandstone of a pale tint, rotary quern fragment. Flat lower stone from a pair, probably a hand-operated discoid quern. The fragment bears five straight grooves of width 7mm passing across its flat working surface. The grooves are arranged in groups of three and two, radiating eccentrically so as to send ground flour to the outer edge. The underside is roughly pecked, and the side or rim pecked and then smoothed. About one quarter of the stone is present, indicating an estimated diameter of 230mm. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Thickness: 36.8mm, Estimated Diameter:…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BF2D70
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of rotary quernstones of probable Roman date. The larger fragment was found initially and the smaller one discovered close by on a subsequent visit. Both finds comprise small sections of larger disc-shaped quernstones, each featuring part of the original curved outer edges. The stone from which they are formed appears to be volcanic. The larger fragment has parallel, diagonal grooves across one face, while both faces of the smaller fragment are smooth, suggesting that they are not part of the same object. The form of the quern and the volcanic nature of the stone in…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harkstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2725D3
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fine grained compacted Sandstone, probable rotary quern fragment. A small chunk probably broken from the top stone. One side is smoothed and dished by wear. The other side bears faint traces of probably radial parallel grooves. Two edges are angled, which may suggest that on at least one side this object comes from the edge of a feed hole into which grain would be poured as the quern was in use. As the angling - on both the sides where it appears - would presuppose the stone to be the upper stone of a pair, it suggests that the quern was ?subsequently inverted to permit the now-worn s…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9229F9
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medium grained and poorly compacted Sandstone possible rotary quern fragment. Sub-rectangular chip of sandstone with a possibly smoothed and chamfered curving edge at one end. The other end and all sides are flat, and one (top or bottom) face as illustrated bears a single diagonal groove, possibly adventitious damage. The curved end may suggest an origin in the flat top stone of a rotary quern. None of the faces is smoothed so as to suggest use as a hone or rubber - if this was a fragment of a broken quern shaped to form such an object, there is no trace of its use. The use of vaguely…
Created on: Friday 16th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelstern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-008151
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete set (three larger and possibly two smaller fragments) of a rotary quern for grinding grain to create flour, probably dating from the Roman period, i.e. AD43-410, although similar household rotary querns were in use until the 19th century. Earlier examples of similar shape (called 'beehive querns', see examples in Ingle 1993/4, 21-33.) were also in use in the later pre-Roman Iron Age, but a Roman date is the most likely one for this rotary quern. Two of the images show the complete lower half on the right and half of the upper part on the left; the smaller fragments m…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2008
Last updated: Saturday 8th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-620350
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worked granite rotary quern stone; about 1/4 of its underside missing. Only the top half remains. The central perforation which is not very deep and of a smallish diameter 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 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-C427D2
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of fine grained rotary quernstone. Part of the upper stone with remnant of the peg hole for rotation. Smoothed concave grinding surface and smoothed upper surface, probably from re-use as a whetstone. The outer edges are roughly dressed. Probably Roman.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: IOW-EEDE26
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Ferruginous Sandstone rotary quern (upper stone) of Roman date (AD 43 - AD 410). Length 135mm, width 151mm and maximum thickness 67mm. Weight 1512g. The fragment is part of an upper quernstone and is composed of well sorted iron-stained sand. It is sub-triangular in plan, this shape having been created by two breaks. One of the breaks appears to be older than the other. In cross-section it is also sub-triangular in shape. At the outer edge is 67mm thick and the inner edge is 36mm thick The length and curvature of the outer edge suggests that it represents about 16% of the…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calbourne Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID1652
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The item is an approximate quarter of a sub-circular quern. On the upper surface there is a circular indentation. The inner 'corner' of the item has a semi-circular profile. The base is relatively flat, however there appears to be a linear groove running at 45° from the edge. The stone is a gritty material.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEREFORD AND WORCESTER NORTH AND MIDDLE LITTLETON', grid reference and parish protected.