Saddle quern rubber

Description

Part of a rubber of a saddle quern made from a large cobble of sandstone with one surface worn smooth, Neolithic, excavated from a chambered cairn at Quanterness, Orkney

Museum reference

X.2004.1.50

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Saddle quern rubber

Date

Neolithic

Materials

Sandstone

Physical description

Medium grain coarsely laminated sandstone, roughly triangular in cross-section, with one surface worn smooth and flat, with traces of gloss; broken at one end

Collection place(s)

Quanterness, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Excavator: Renfrew, Colin, Professor, 1972 - 1977 (fl.)

References

Renfrew, A.C., Investigations in Orkney, Society of Antiquaries of London, Research and Report No. 38. London: 1979.

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record