Summary

Upper stone of a quern from the Roman fort of Newstead, Scottish Borders

Accession Number

X.FRA 1642 A

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Two pairs of upper and lower quernstones of Niedermendig lava. "Roman Frontier Post", pp. 142, 145. Anon notes: 1641 - 16.5" diam. x 5.5" + 4.5" high = 1937.475. 1642- 16.5" x 4.8" + 3.3" high = 1937.476. Anon notes: Not all additional information by RMS taken from continuation catalogue. [MoS description] Fat of the land. Processing grain. Hand-powered grinding. (5) Roman rotary quern of Rhineland lava, Newstead. 80 - 100 AD.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Newstead Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1905

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1937

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None