Record Details

NHER Number:14286
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric quern

Summary

The upper stone of a prehistoric rotary quern.

Images - none

Location

Parish:THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

'From Thornham'.
Upper stone of rotary quern of 'calciferous quartz sandstone'.
Centre hole not straight; socket for handle in side.
See (S1).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ROTARY QUERN (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Unknown. 1954. Drawing of the upper stone of a Prehistoric rotary quern.. Film. 1:2.

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