Knocking Stane and Beetle
The knocking stane and beetle consists of a stone vessel - the knocking stane, and a wooden masher - the beetle. They were used for grinding barley or oatmeal into a fine flour which was used to make bannocks (large rough scones). Bannocks were more commonly eaten in Scotland than bread.
Object no :
EAST001n
Collection :
Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
Beetle: L 255mm, D 120mm
Materials :
stone, wood
Location :
NA
Related site :
Accession number :
01/10/1976
Copyright :
East Ayrshire Council
