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Rotary Quern
A rotary quern was a small hand-mill used to grind grain into flour. It consisted of two circular stones: grain was poured into
a central hole in the top stone, which was then turned with a wooden handle. The grain would get crushed between
the two stones as the upper stone was turned, and emerge from between the two as a coarse flour.
Rotary querns were the small household alternative to watermills and windmills, which performed the same function on a larger
scale.
See the excavated fragment of a rotary quern found on site, or see
reconstructions of the kitchen and kitchen oven.
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