A QUERN AT HUDDERSFIELD. 
T. W. WOODHEAD, M.Sc. Pu.D. 
DuRING excavations at the Dalton Gardens Reservoir, 
Huddersfield, on the estate of British Dyes, Ltd., on September 
18th last, the quern, shown in the illustration, was found near 
the centre of the excavation, at a depth of 2 feet to 2 feet 6 ins. 
The specimen is an upper millstone and is in an excellent state 
of preservation. It is 9} inches high, and the circular base, 
which is quite flat, 
is 124 inches in 
diameter. ihe 
funnel-shaped 
aperture above, in 
which the corn was 
placed, is 5 inches 
in diameter and 
surrounded by a 
well marked lp ; 
the aperture nar- 
rows below to an 
inch in diameter 
at the base. When 
found, it contained 
a piece of much 
corroded iron, re- 
mains of which still 
adhere. This was 
doubtless the 
pivot, broken from 
the nether mill- 
stone, on which 
the upper stone 
was turned. On 
one side, as seen in 
the illustration, isa 
hole for the handle 
used in turning the mill. This hole is three-quarters of an 
inch in diameter and 22 inches deep, and judging from its 
circular outline and smooth bore, has been drilled. The sur- 
face is evenly pitted and appears to have been worked with a 
pointed tool. The site on which it was found is immediately 
above a bed of coal-measure sandstone, but the quern is made 
of coarse millstone grit, outcrops of which occur three miles to 
the west ; this stone, from its coarse texture and porous nature, 
rendering it eminently suitable for the purpose. The specimen 
has been presented to, and is preserved in, the Biological 
Department, Technical College, Huddersfield. The illus- 
tration is from a photograph taken by Mr. W. H. Sikes. 

Quern found at Dalton Bank. 

Naturalist, 
