162 ROMAN REMAINS AT LITTLE CHESTER. 



::: Tvvo portions of querns or hand-mills were found at the same 

 time and place. They are both of millstone grit, the larger being 

 of much coarser material than the smaller. 



The largest (fig. i) measures 20 inches in diameter, 2\ inches 

 thick at the edges, and 3 inches at the centre. The circular hole 

 in the centre is 2+ inches in diameter. 



Figure i. 



The smaller one (fig. 2) measures 16 inches in diameter, is 

 \\ inch thick at the edges, and 4 inches in the centre. The 

 circular hole in the centre is 1^ inch in diameter. 



In vertical section the grinding surface of the larger one 

 presents a gentle swell towards the centre, the curve forming a 

 shallow double ogee. That of the smaller one is more precipitous, 

 and the centre conversely circumscribed to form a boss of some 

 3 or 4 inches in diameter. The under surfaces are roughly flaked 

 (no tool marks being visible) into shape ; that of the larger one is 

 concave and truly wrought, while that of the smaller one is 

 roughly flat. The sides also present a difference — that of the 

 larger stone is extremely well and truly executed by "pecking" (as 

 has been observed in this issue of the Journal with regard to the 

 Haddon Field's quern), and instead of being vertical it is on the 

 taper, like that of a bung, the top surface representing the 

 grinding surface of the stone. The smaller stone has undergone 

 such long use, that the original shape of its side is obliterated. 



The central, hole of the larger stone is of equal diameter 

 throughout, and it is of good workmanship ; that of the other 

 stone is peculiar, it seems to have been roughly ground out from 



* The description of the querns has been*kindly supplied by Mr. John Ward. 



