Grinding stone

A grinding stone was used with a saddle quern to grind grain into flour. The grinding of grain was a very important activity to the new farmers in the Neolithic, and would have been carried out each day. This stone was discovered at Hembury in Devon.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
129/1933/833
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Devon archaeology
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Liddell, Dorothy M
Material
flint
Common Name
grinding stone
Simple Name
quern
Period Classification
Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)

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grinding stone, rubbing stone