Re: Name that Implement

Posted by Kestrel in CT on July 26, 2007 at 13:07:28 from (71.235.9.43):

In Reply to: Re: Name that Implement posted by supera3 on July 26, 2007 at 12:48:27:

Good eyes ! You last two guys got it. It's an old millstone on top of the large stone next to the right gate post, slowly being worn down by lichens and the elements.

The shaft hole is still intact.

"Millstones come in pairs. The base or bedstone is stationary. Above the bedstone is the turning runner stone which actually does the grinding. When they are laid face to face the patterns mesh in a kind of "scissoring" motion creating the cutting or grinding function of the stones." Wilkipedia definition.

I'll have to ask the farmer if he knows more about it. I certainly don't.

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