Brenkley, bun-shaped quern

HER Number:
1327

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Brenkley, bun-shaped quern

Place:
Brenkley

Map Sheet:
NZ27NW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Grinding Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Quern

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
The top stone of a bun-shaped quern was ploughed up in the field immediately to the west of South Brenkley Farm in 1963. In 1968 the quern was said to be in the County Offices, Ponteland.

Easting:
217

Northing:
751

Grid Reference:
NZ217751

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1327 >> G. Jobey, 1963, Excavation of a Native Settlement at Marden, Tynemouth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLI, 32n