Tyne and Wear HER(295): Gateshead Fell, querns - Details
295
Gateshead
Gateshead Fell, querns
Gateshead
NZ26SE
Tools and Equipment
Grinding Equipment
Quern
Unknown
Find
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.
26
60
NZ2660
<< HER 295 >> J. Henderson, 1822, Appendix: Donations, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, I, p. 4
Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Cards, JHO, 1952, U earthwork, NZ26SE11