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Roman millstone fragment
This fragment is approximately half of a mechanical millstone.
Mechanical querns were used to grind a course wholemeal flour for making bread and mostly made from locally-available stone. This stone would be used with a matching stone of the same size. Grain was dropped through the central hole and when the upper stone was rotated, the grain was ground into flour between the stones.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
84.44H/24.1
Find Information
Site Name: Great Bulmore Farm, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1983
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