International audienceAs part of a research conducted on medieval stone mortars, several reports and studies pointed out stone mortar finds from the late Iron Age onwards in Roman Gaul : research on this type of ustensil is indeed dominated by the ceramic version. The stone mortars did not received a detailed account, despite a study by Dunning (1968) on the results of excavations in the fort of Richborough (Kent, England). And in despite of the research on mortars in Purbeck Marble, Cool (2005) stated the scarcity of available synthetic data on the numerous English discoveries. The English call finds echo in more general studies in roman Aquitaine (France) (Bertrand & Tendron, 2012) and in Italy (Caffini 2010). These studies can be complet...