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Record ID: PUBLIC-C75227
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a limestone circular object, possible from a rotary quern stone or weight of uncertain date. The object is greyish-lime with buff fleck and contains a fossil. The stone has some incised lines nearby the circular off-centre aperture (diameter 8.83 mm) possibly for turning. Equally, the object may have been used as a weight e.g fishing net weight. The outer edge diameter is 73.01 mm, thickness is 11.44 mm, and the weight 80.74g.  
Created on: Friday 16th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Rolleston', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NMS-C2C3CC
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
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Fragment of lava quern of unknown date, with apparently no original edge present. One face is rough and the other worn smooth with the tooled grooves scarcely visible. Thickness 35 – 40mm, weight 744g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval. Find spot falls with Square B5 of gridded survey of Hill Field conducted in 1990 and 2004-5, see file in HER.
Created on: Sunday 16th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4337F6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, all edges broken, one face tooled, thickness 25mm, weight 133g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5BE741
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, with one non-tooled surface extant, all edges broken, extant thickness 42mm, weight 163g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-77488C
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Two fragments of Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, one with no original surface extant, the other with one tooled surface, all edges broken, thickness 41mm, weight 317g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2019
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Record ID: NMS-771C79
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of the outer edge of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, diameter not accurately measurable, thickness 51mm, weight 112g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2019
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Record ID: NMS-24E378
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A3 Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, all edges broken, one tooled surface, thickness 24mm, weight 73g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval. Gridded fieldwalking.
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CBC4D4
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
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D1 Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, all edges broken, thickness 30-36mm, weight 74g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval. Fieldwalking in 20m x 20m grid, see plan in file.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-58A59E
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, all edges broken, one face tooled, thickness 35mm, weight 378g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C3EC38
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, with a small part of the edge extant, one face tooled, diameter uncertain, thickness 47mm, weight 408g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Record ID: NMS-23E5CA
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, with a small part of the edge extant, one face tooled, diameter c.430mm, thickness 34.5mm, weight 1.534kg. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval. Found north of a footpath
Created on: Friday 21st July 2017
Last updated: Sunday 23rd July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-387DB6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, all edges broken, one face tooled, thickness 32mm, weight 764g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-96A7C0
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Abraded fragment of the upper stone of a Rhineland lava rotary quern of unknown date, with a part of the edge present, one face flat and roughly finished, the other concave and smoothed through wear, thickness 20mm increasing to 27mm at the edge, weight 175g, diameter very approximately 300mm. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval. Surface finds from the immediate surrounds suggest that a Roman date is most likely.
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2017
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Record ID: NMS-97A09E
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of the upper stone of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, with a small part of the edge present, one face flat and roughly finished, the other concave and smoothed through wear, thickness 32mm increasing to 46mm at the edge, weight 630g, diameter very approximately 500mm. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Monday 30th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-8AC034
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, all edges broken, one face tooled, thickness 29mm, weight 285g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-34B184
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Rhineland lava quern of unknown date, all edges broken, one face tooled, thickness 30mm, weight 297g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-992692
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of undated Rhineland lava quern, no original edges present. One face tooled with radial grooves, the other rough. Thickness 35mm. Weight 169g. Lava was imported in the Roman period and from the Middle Saxon to medieval periods.
Created on: Friday 7th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-7745E6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of lava quern, upper stone, grinding surface grooved, other surface rough, thickness 32 - 44mm, diameter c.400mm, weight 632g. Not closely datable (Roman, or Middle Saxon to medieval), but most likely to be Roman in view of previous finds.
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D260B5
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of undated Rhineland lava quern, with part of curved outer edge (diam. not measurable). One face tooled with radial grooves, the other rough. 91mm x 70mm, thickness 47mm. Weight 563g. Lava was imported in the Roman period and from the Middle Saxon to medieval periods.
Created on: Monday 20th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EB8FE2
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of Rhineland lava quern, no edges present. One face smoothed, the other rough. Thickness 25-27mm. Weight 122g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval. With strong evidence for settlement on the site in the Roman period and the 12th - 14th century, the fragment is most likely Roman or medieval.
Created on: Friday 5th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SCARNING', grid reference and parish protected.


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