Gateshead Fell, querns

HER Number:
295

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead Fell, querns

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Grinding Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Quern

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
On 1st June 1814 Joseph Henderson of Gateshead Fell gave the Society of Antiquaries the upper and lower stones of a quern, or hand mill, found on Gateshead Fell. This donation was accompanied by an outline plan of an enclosure or camp, in which the mill-stones and fragments of others were found. The place was situated in a parcel of ground allotted to Mr. Henderson, at the time of the enclosure of Gateshead Fell.

Easting:
26

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ2660

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 295 >> J. Henderson, 1822, Appendix: Donations, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, I, p. 4 Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Cards, JHO, 1952, U earthwork, NZ26SE11