Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3070 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman or medieval puddingstone quern |
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Summary
The upper stone of a Roman or medieval puddingstone rotary quern was found in a field in 1962.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0067 1090 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01SW |
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| Parish: | YAXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1962. Stray Find. [1].
Found about 100 yards [91m] from Yaxham church in a wet field "not ploughed before in living memory":
Roman or medieval upper stone of a rotary quern of puddingstone, about 1 foot in diameter [30cm]; top edges broken in places. Two conical halves. [2].
This object has been donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM: 1963.290).
Information from (S1), which has sketches of the object on its reverse [3].
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2018.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Associated Finds
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 SW 12. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Yaxham. |
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