57 Double-Faced Boat-Shaped Quern

Origin

Monte Padrão, Monte Córdova, Santo Tirso.

Material

Cream-coloured (L71) granite.

Description

Fragment of a large boat-shaped quern. Irregular sub-rectangular outline. Hollowed and highly polished upper and lower surfaces, with rounded edges. Sub-rectangular section with levelled outer base.

Classification and chronology

Type … / Monte Padrão – Phase I

Dimensions

Comprimento máximo: 610 mm; Largura máxima: 430 mm; Altura máxima: 190 mm.

Deposit

MMAP, 915.

Bibli.

SANTARÉM 1956a, 401-402; SANCHES 1981, 95; 1982, 56-61; MOREIRA 2007, 53-54, MMAP 38; 2013, 49-50; 2014, 84.