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GRAIN INTO THE MILLSTONES

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As the ruuner stone rotates inside the wooden tun, the grain is fed into its centre (or eye). The grain falls from the hopper into the wooden 'shoe' which is agitated by the metal 'damsel' rotating at the top of the shaft.

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17th Mar 2010

Subjects:
Citizenship, Design and Technology, Geography, History, Science

Key Stages:
Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

Keywords:
corn damsel grain flour milling millstone

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