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Strathbrora
Findspot (21st Century), Rotary Quern (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Strathbrora
Classification Findspot (21st Century), Rotary Quern (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 273612
Site Number NC81SW 63
NGR NC 820 103
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273612
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC81SW 63 820 103
Upper half of a miniature sandstone rotary quern (158mm diameter) found in a field ditch in Strathbrora, Sutherland, not far from a broch and hut circles. The lower surface is smoothed from grinding, although damaged by ?pecking on one area. Disc querns were the typical form during the Iron Age and later in the north of Scotland. This example seems to have been functional, given the wear, although whether made for a child or for a specific purpose (such as grinding small quantities of something other than grain, perhaps some valued substance) is unclear. Declared Treasure Trove (TT 83/03) and allocated to Inverness Museum.
A Heald 2004
