Thirlage - Quern-stones

Quern-stones

The legal requirement in Scotland for tenants to use the baron's mill meant that early leases of mills gave to the miller the legal right to break quern-stones which were being used in defiance of thirlage agreements. Many quern stones are found in a broken condition, maybe having been broken purposely according to thirlage law.

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