Either of the two circular stones forming a quern, found at prehistoric sites from the Neolithic onwards.
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Roman debris was left scattered over the surface of the road, including a Roman boot - just the hobnails survive - a quernstone and broken pottery.
But we might remember too that the litter and discard which accompany decay are interesting in their heterogeneity: juxtapositions of fibula and quernstone, gold ring and ox scapula in sifting through the cultural rubbish tip.
Within the border zone on the nearer side of the frontier, the haul of finds during an excavation might consist of two or three shards of Roman pottery, a glass bead or fragment of a glass bangle, some iron fragments, and quernstones.
Pottery, flint tools, arrowheads, and quernstones (for grinding cereals) were found.
Other finds include part of a quernstone for milling flour and stones used to sharpen knives.