Gateshead Fell, querns
Gateshead Fell, querns
HER Number
295
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead Fell, querns
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Quern
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
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
426000
Northing
560000
Grid Reference
NZ426000560000
Sources
<< HER 295 >> J. Henderson, 1822, Appendix: Donations, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, I, p. 4
Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Cards, JHO, 1952, U earthwork, NZ26SE11
Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Cards, JHO, 1952, U earthwork, NZ26SE11