Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2006-11-02 23:09:30
Title
Bronze Age saddle quern (section)
Description
English: Incomplete gabbroic saddle quern with worn central reservoir and built up edges through use as a quern or grain mortar. One edge of the quern has been lost and may have been dressed in more recent times in order to re-use it for building material etc.
Similar to other saddle querns found around the county on Bronze Age sites, such as Trethellan, Newquay, where several varied examples were found, the closest in form illustrated in Nowakowski (1991) on page 144, Fig.59, No.93 from round house 142/3022.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Cornwall
Date
between 2150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 148667 Old ref: CORN-A6C2C6 Filename: StKevernequern 004.jpg
Credit line
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Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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