Millstone stoop

Half millstone stoop removed from intermediate elevation outside DeTurk kitchen doorway [see DTR09PH43--001.01.127, bottom edge of photo, and DTR09PH44--1001.01.128, taken from inside the doorway and showing the position of the millstone approximately 8 inches above the original stone sill at the bottom of the photo]. This furrowed millstone was probably cut from a locally quarried conglomerate slab and originally used to process feed grains for farm animals. It will be installed at the modern grade as the upper landing of the stone stairs to the doorway, and will be ramped to divert surface runoff away from the stairwell. Laurence Ward, 2009