Brenkley, bun-shaped quern

HER Number

1327

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Brenkley, bun-shaped quern

Place

Brenkley

Map Sheet

NZ27NW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Quern

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

The top stone of a bun-shaped quern was ploughed up in the field immediately to the west of South Brenkley Farm in 1963. In 1968 the quern was said to be in the County Offices, Ponteland.

Easting

421700

Northing

575100

Grid Reference

NZ421700575100

Sources

<< HER 1327 >> G. Jobey, 1963, Excavation of a Native Settlement at Marden, Tynemouth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLI, 32n