Historical find at Leighton Buzzard golf course

BBC ^ | Thursday, November 4, 2010 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

An archaeological treasure has been unearthed on a golf course in Bedfordshire. A quern stone was found by greenkeepers at Leighton Buzzard golf course as they dug out a new tee... Quern stones were used for grinding corn before the introduction of mill stones, but despite this, it's not actually that common to find one. "Apparently only three have ever been discovered in the south of England so it is quite rare" said Mr Bagshawe, "and even rarer to find one that is completely intact. "It's in very good condition" he added. "You can still see the marks that are necessary to actually effect the grinding mechanism to make sure that you do get the corn out at the end, so it's obviously been made by man as opposed to being a natural object." Mr Bagshawe is an amateur archaeologist, but said that while he is very interested in the subject, he took advice from local expert Bernard Jones to assess what had actually been found. Apparently only three have ever been discovered in the south of England so it is quite rare... Despite its rarity, the stone has no intrinsic value but Mr Bagshawe revealed that it will be displayed in the club house.

Quern stones were used for grinding corn

[SunkenCiv]

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[GeronL]

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[GSP.FAN]

Well thats the end of the golf course for years while a bunch of people dig....
FORE.:>)

[doc1019]

I’m sure all the local duffers are more interested in when the course will be open again. LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

[old punchline]

“I didn’t know you were so devout.”

“Well, she was a good wife.”

[SunkenCiv]

That’s one way to get a hole in one.

[PistolPaknMama]

Did they also find prehistoric grits?

[SunkenCiv]

I sliced off some of the original to make it fit.

[SunkenCiv]

At least they didn’t claim it had a ceremonial purpose. ;’)

[Pelham]

Wrong kinda corn. The Brits think wheat is ‘corn’.

[GSP.FAN]

[Ditter]

How could this 2000 year old stone be used for grinding corn in England? Columbus brought corn back from the new world, till then they didn’t have any corn.

[SunkenCiv]

Corn is the English word for Wheat.

[Ditter]

What do they call real corn?

[JoeProBono]

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[Ditter]

Do they have buzzards in England?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

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[Sawdring]

It looks like something Flavor Flave would wear around his neck.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

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