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Object number2017.017.5

Titlerotary quern

DescriptionTop stone of a rotary quern with wide, fully pierced central hole with raised edge, and one small wedge-shaped fully pierced hole to one side for a vertical handle used to turn the stone while grinding corn. Believed found in Banffshire. Iron Age.

Production periodIron Age

Object namequern, rotary

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