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	General History
		Proof of this appears in the shape of two quernstones found on separate occasions in Milton Keynes village.
		Quernstones are very heavy and would not have been transported by the inhabitants.
		In 1993 a segment of an upper rotary quernstone was found by a recently disturbed verge substantiating evidence of Roman settlement in the village.
	clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/twomileash99/generalhistory.html (427 words)

	The Quernstone
		The Quernstone is situated in the centre of the quaint old town of Stromness, and sells an amazing range of quality gifts at affordable prices.
		It has been trading for over 20 years, and its windows are packed with great ideas, and you are sure to be impressed by the quality and price of the items on offer.
		Here the Quernstone's own knitwear designs are on show, specialising in hand-framed and hand-knitted garments in quality yarns.
	www.travelpublishing.co.uk /CountryLivingScotland/Orkney&Shetland/CSC29800.htm (320 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		These include a circular platform hearth placed in the centre of the house, some mud plaster basins, a potstand, and a quernstone embedded in the floor near the doorway and used in prehistory for grinding cereals.
		The doorway is similar to that from RH1 with the timber door hung on a doorpost set on a socketed stone.
		One further feature which is characteristic of the period is a broken quernstone set on edge into the floor between the doorway and the hearth.
	www.arcl.ed.ac.uk /arch/lemba/LARC_LEV_rh2.html (427 words)

	Items of Interest
		The cereals were ground with a quernstone; this was a hand-mill for grinding corn.
		As late as the nineteenth century we find that the quernstone was still being used.
		Pictured above is a quernstone at the Markham homestead Derryguiha, the 1847 inscription would have been chiseled by Patrick Markham my great great grandfather.
	www.markhams-of-derryguiha.com /id12.html (1136 words)

	Orkney Knitwear at Orkneystore
		Orkney itself with its extraordinary light, stirring landscapes and romantic heritage has also been an inspiration to Ingrid just as has it has inspired the members of the renowned artistic community who have made Orkney their home.
		Quernstone knits is a Stromness based knitwear company specialising in hand framed and hand knitted garments in high quality yarns.
		Quernstone produce a range of easy to wear shapes of universal appeal, from casual cropped jerseys to elegant long coats.
	www.orkneystore.com /orkney_knitwear.asp (181 words)

	tajabsites
		The site is known locally to have been a granary (Nobiin: Shoona) and probably dates to the 18th-19th Century.
		Numerous quernstone fragments were noted in and around the structure.
		There is a small group of rock drawings, including one of an elephant close to the structure.
	www.spicey.demon.co.uk /Nubianpage/tajabsites.html (1774 words)

	Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society: Catalogue of Excavations
		Archaeologists monitoring the construction of new houses in the grounds of the former Convent School found evidence of a Roman settlement preserved below the later rampart of the town’s medieval defences.
		A small hearth and a nearby gully may have been part of a building whilst the discovery of a quernstone for the hand-milling of cereal crops and chaff from the winnowing of grain suggest this was primarily an agricultural settlement.
		A small hearth and a nearby gully may have been part of a building whilst the discovery of a quernstone for the hand-milling of cereal crops and chaff from the winnowing of grain suggest this was an agricultural settlement.
	www.scarborough-heritage.org /exca/record.asp?ID=54 (202 words)

	quernstone - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com
		We found no French translation for 'quernstone' in our English to French Dictionary.
		Or did you want to translate 'quernstone' from French to English?
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	www.wordreference.com /enfr/quernstone (57 words)

	Site 10 - Roman Settlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The first of the modern lakes to be created here, to the north east of the bridge, may have flooded an area of Roman settlement.
		During its construction sherds from Roman mortaria (bowls for grinding herbs etc.) and a fragment of a quernstone for milling flour were salvaged.
		Similar loose Roman finds were retrieved during the construction of the Jack Martin residences to the north of the lake but no Roman structures have been discovered here as yet.
	www2.warwick.ac.uk /about/tour/archaeology/site10 (88 words)

	A Day in the Life of a Celtic Girl
		It's nearly midday and my Mother is coming to show me how to cook bread for our dinner.
		We have to sit by the quernstone and grind it into flour to make our bread.
		(2) I ground the corn on the quernstone.
	museums.ncl.ac.uk /reticulum/NorthernFrontier/TheWretchedBritons/AGRICULTURE/ADayinntheLifeStory.htm (476 words)

	Shorewatch - Friends of Orkney Archaeological Trust
		These would not have lasted long in that position and would have been taken away by the next spring tide.
		Half of a broken quernstone lying on the beach.
		Half of a quernstone was found lying on the rocky beach amongst all the other boulders.
	www.shorewatch.co.uk /html/foat.html (324 words)

	Roman Cooking
		Pots and pans simmered and bubbled over burning charcoal on the stove, ingredients for sauces were pounded and mixed in mortaria, while the cooks made good use of the wine and oil stored in their amphorae, together with herbs and costly spices; all to ensure that the guests would be suitably impressed with their meal.
		If bread was baked at home, the flour was first ground by hand on a rotary quernstone.
		Pies and pastries would be put in the oven after the main bread baking was over.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin1/things/food/cooking02.htm (1932 words)

	The Archaeology of Castle Hill, Wittenham Clumps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Trench 14 has continued to produce large numbers of finds from a thick ‘midden’ deposit or rubbish dump dating from the early Iron Age.
		These finds includes pottery, bone and quernstone fragments.
		Several items associated with manufacturing textiles have been found, including a bone needle, loom-weight fragments (used as weights on a weaving loom) and a bone gouge.
	www.oxfordarch.co.uk /micro_sites/wittenham_clumps/w32004.htm (408 words)

	Purse Lip Square Jaw: Archaeological futures (Pt. 2)
		Archaeologists clear up and tidy the remains of the past.
		But we might remember too that the litter and discard which accompany decay are interesting in their heterogeneity: juxtapositions of fibula and quernstone, gold ring and ox scapula in sifting through the cultural rubbish tip.
		The strange and oftentimes surreal juxtapositions of things with which archaeologists deal may be dismissed as distraction, or reduced to manifestation of cultural practices about which we know well; but a sensitivity to the strangeness of litter can reveal preconceptions about our cultural classifications...
	www.purselipsquarejaw.org /2005/02/archaeological-futures-pt-2.php (495 words)

	The King of Ireland's Son: Fedelma, The Enchanter's Daughter: Part IX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Now would you," said he to the King of Ireland's Son, "take this spade in your hand and go into the garden and dig my potatoes for me? And would you," said he to Fedelma, "sit down at the quern-stone and grind the wheat for me?"
		The King of Ireland's Son went into the garden and Fedelma sat at the quernstone that was just outside the door; he dug and she ground while the Little Sage sat at the fire looking into a big book.
		And when Fedelma and the King's Son were tired with their labor he gave them a drink of buttermilk.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/kis/kis09.htm (623 words)

	Dalton Parlours Drawing of a quernstone I (The Romans) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The hand mills or quernstones shown in this drawing were used by the Brigantes (the Iron Age tribe which lived in Yorkshire) for grinding corn.
		Because of its shape, this type of quern is generally known as a beehive quern.
		The material on this information sheet may be reproduced free of copyright for educational purposes only.
	www.arch.wyjs.org.uk /AdvSrv/RomanWeb/rw41.html (156 words)

	Dalton Parlours Drawing of a quernstone II (The Romans) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Dalton Parlours Drawing of a quernstone II (The Romans)
		Dalton Parlours: Drawing of a quernstone II In contrast to the beehive querns used by the native peoples of Britain, Roman quernstones tend to be much flatter.
		As well as using the local millstone grit from the Pennines, the Romans also imported lava querns from Germany.
	www.arch.wyjs.org.uk /AdvSrv/RomanWeb/rw42.html (144 words)

	Botchan (Master Darling) by trans. by Yasotaro Morri Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume eBook by BookRags
		I stood on the edge of the boat; and whoop!
		It would be beneficial for Japan if such a fellow were tied to a quernstone and dumped into the sea.
		As to Red Shirt, his voice did not suit my fancy.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/8868/38.html (487 words)

	Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History
		These projects allow students to build a small bread oven out of a large flower pot, or for a slightly more adventurous project, out of wood and clay that will bake bread using ordinary charcoal briquettes.
		For communities or families without access to a watermill, the quernstone, a small hand-powered millstone served the purpose to grind grain for the family.
		For $10 in materials students can make up a concrete quern stone that will actually grind grain!
	www.engr.psu.edu /mtah/headpages/models.html (598 words)

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