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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
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.
Site Name: Great Bulmore Farm, Caerleon
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