Beehive quern / upper stone

Description

Upper stone of a beehive quern of grey granite, from Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire

Museum reference

X.FRA 1648

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Beehive quern / upper stone

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Granite, grey

Physical description

Granite, grey; damaged, hemispherical hopper 2" deep with hole only 0.7" across; side socket truncated by base shows that stone was originally higher, but then reworked.

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record