Findspot - Iron Age beehive quernstone

1 The complete upper half of an Iron Age rotary quern of beehive type was found incorporated in a garden wall. The quern is fashioned from a medium coarse millstone grit and may have come from one of the quarry workshops in Derbyshire or S Yorkshire. It is 230 mm high and has a conical profile tapering from 280 mm (base diam) to 230 mm. There is a circular grain hollow, 55 mm deep, sunk in the top of the quern which connects with a rectangular-section handle socket. The base is well polished but unusual in being flat rather than concave. Beehive querns are uncommon in Warwickshire although at least 2 have been recorded on Meon Hill.