Quern (7 of 8)

Querns are stone handmills used mostly for grinding cereals. This picture shows the bottom of the lower stone of a rotary quern found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used sometime between 80 and 180 AD.

Unlike the other faces of the two stones forming the quern, this one was left rough and unfinished. It would have rested on the ground.

Querns of lava were imported by the Romans from the Rhineland. The volcanic lava was light, but very strong.

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Online ID:	000-190-002-282-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.FRA 1641
Date:	Between 80 and 180 AD
Material:	Niedermendig lava
Dimensions:	4.50" H x 16.50" D x 5.50"
What:	Quern, rotary
Subject:
Who:	Newstead Collection
Where:	Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Event:
Description:	Roman hand-driven rotary quern made of Niedermendig lava, from Newstead
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