Record ID: NLM-6033AD
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained Limestone saddle quern. A neat sub-rectangular block of stepped wedge-shaped profile, worn on its upper surface with a flat base which is indented only at its thicker end. The form is Neolithic, and a saddle quern would be used with a separate cobble grinding stone to grind corn to a coarse flour, and hence marks the advent of arable farming in the area whence it was reported. The small size and flat base – the latter perhaps suggesting use on a flat surface or even a table, which would be a remarkable feature to postulate in a Neolithic settlement – are perhap…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C2F9A0
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric, Late Neolithic to Iron Age, roughly oval saddle quern made from a glacial erratic of very hard, fine-grained sandstone, in fresh condition but broken quite recently into two pieces. The reverse is entirely unworked. Weight 14.6kg.  Length 430mm, width 275mm, thickness 90mm. c.3000 BC – c.AD 42. School field
Created on: Sunday 16th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th April 2023
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Record ID: CAM-6434DD
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint saddle quern or polissoir of Neolithic to Iron Age date (c.4500 BC to AD 43). This quern stone is sub-rectangular in shape with one corner having an approximately 90 degree angle. Depending on its original shape which is uncertain, it might have originally been an irregular shape, it is either complete or possibly mostly complete with some loss from one corner and/or an edge or two. The artefact has a length of 345.0mm. It has a maximum width of 175.0mm, averages a width of 160.0mm and is less than c.100.0mm at its narrowest end. The upper surface has been pecked but then worn…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2022
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Record ID: HESH-337BE8
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large but fragmentary section of a saddle quern or polissoir of potential prehistoric date (Neolithic - Iron Age 4000 BC - 250 BC). The fragment is incomplete but has a steeply sloping sides with a wide shallow central grinding space. In cross section it is V shaped. The stone is a mica rich sandstone which has spalled in places. The external edges are all worn and abraded. None of the original external edges are present. The function of the stone is unclear - it is most likely to be a saddle quern for grinding grain - although it could equally be a grinding stone or polissoir for s…
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2020
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Record ID: IOW-6A670C
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An apparently complete Neolithic to Iron Age stone saddle quern (4000 BC-AD 42) This quern is made of limestone and is probably local Bembridge Limestone or Quarr Stone. It is sub-square in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The underside is uneven and worn in places and the centre of the upper face is dished forming a grinding surface. The edges of the upper face have been deliberately smoothed or worn. One end is partially flat and smooth and may have been deliberately formed as such. A muller (rubber) would have been used on the working surface to grind grain. A su…
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-2444E4
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric saddle quern of very hard (glacial erratic) sandstone in battered condition. Roughly oval, length 490mm, width 270mm, thickness 150mm. Late Neolithic to Iron Age. Found within hedge and presumably cleared from adjacent arable land in the quite recent past.
Created on: Saturday 18th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
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Record ID: IOW-7589B2
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged Neolithic to Iron Age saddle quern (4500 BC-AD 43) This quern is made from close grained ?limestone. It is sub-oval in plan and a narrow 'D'- shape in cross-section. The underside is evenly curved and the upper surface is dished, less curved, and has been 'pecked' to form a working surface. A muller (rubber) would have been used on the working surface to grind grain. The surface of the quern is coarse and buff and has a recent transverse break. It has numerous striations, possibly caused by ploughing and has been chipped in three places recently. Length:…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-47EEE6
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken fragment from a saddle quern. Based on the shape of the remaining fragment the quern was either originally sub-circular or oval in shape, having been deliberately shaped. vertical linear markings around the edge are apparent where it has been shaped. There is a dished central reservoir where a muller would have been used to grind grain. The quern has been created from a fine grained grey igneous rock. It measures approximately 200 mm in length and is approximately 88 mm wide. It is approximately 60 mm thick. In the absence of associated dating evidence, such quern …
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2010
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Record ID: CPAT-39E106
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken slab of stone with a large dished area worn in the top of one of the flat faces creating a gentle U-shaped profile. Probably the broken base stone of a saddle quern. Found eroding from spoil excavated from a silted-up pond. Possibly prehistoric in date but of such simple technology that it could date from virtually any later era.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL1823
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Published
Complete saddle quern and rider
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREATER MANCHESTER WARBURTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF4141
Object type: SADDLE QUERN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Made from a coarse grained quartzite erratic with some possible shaping (or accidental damage) around the perimeter. The irregular oval working surface (280 x 200 mm) is dished to a depth of c. 35 mm and is pitted near its centre. Overall dimensions approximately 345 x 220 x 120 mm. Saddle querns were been in use in Britain from the late Neolithic into the Iron Age, being then replaced by rotary querns in many areas, but may have persisted in some places later.
Created on: Friday 8th December 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LOUND', grid reference and parish protected.