Find Spot record MDO6826 - Roman Mill Stones, Hamworthy, Poole

The largest and most perfect example of a Roman-type mill yet discovered in Great Britain was found at Ham near Poole, near the bridge on the site of the Pottery, and is now in the British Museum. Each of the stones is one foot in height, and the grinding edge 2 feet in diameter, the whole weighing nearly 3 cwt. It was driven by bars inserted through lugs on its sides, between which is an aperture for inserting a bar to lift off the top stone when necessary. <1>

Sited by H P Smith Esq., F.S.A. to SZ 00319038. Site was built over. <2>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1931, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1930, 124-125 (Serial). SDO34.

<1.1> British Museum, 1951, British Museum Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain (Monograph). SWX3562.

<1.2> H P Smith, 1930, Occupation of the Hamworthy Peninsula in the Late Celtic and Romano-British Periods, 124-125 (Article in serial). SWX3194.

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<2> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 06-DEC-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AA71/00071 (Index). SDO14738.

DIAGRAM/PLAN OF DONKEY MILL

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458223 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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