NHER 1676 (Find Spot record) - Undated rotary quern

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Summary

In 1955 a large rotary quern of millstone grit, weighing over 100kg, was recovered from this area.

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Map sheet TF73SW
Civil Parish SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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August 1955 on road verge on road from Red Barn Farm to Shernbourne -exactly on boundry with Shernbourne.
Large rotary quern of millstone grit, high type, about 2 hundredweight (100kg).
Probably ploughed up from adjacent field.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Snettisham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • QUERN (Undated)

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2021 8:04AM

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