NHER 3070 (Find Spot record) - Roman or medieval puddingstone quern
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | YAXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
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.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 SW 12.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Yaxham.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 4 2021 4:52PM