Description and History of Site:-
A single completed millstone roughout was laid, propped on a purpose-built loading platform, by the roadside but never taken away. There is evidence on the Moor of stone working but it is impossible to determine precisely where the stone was sourced.
Diameter 1.5m, thickness at the edge 190mm, thickness at the eye 260
mm, eye diameter 180mm.
On a rock next to the roughout is etched "J.171-" which dates the stone to the early 18th century. Nothing else is known of its history.
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Key Words :- millstone roughout
Viewing the Site :- by the side of the road
Address :- Summer Lodge, Reeth, North Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SD 96593 94936
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.349952 , Long -2.053919
Local Authority :- Richmondshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown
Record Date :- 16 December 2022
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson
Grid Ref :- SD 96593 94936
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.349952 , Long -2.053919
Local Authority :- Richmondshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown
Record Date :- 16 December 2022
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson