 Index to 100 Objects of County Laois  c.3500-2000BC   Prior to the advent of milling, the saddle quern was amongst the most standard means of grinding grain into flour. The malted grain was cupped within the shallow cavity of a large bedstone, or saddle, while a smaller stone was then rubbed or […]
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