Staddle stones
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Staddle stones or steddle stones were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks, game larders, etc. The staddle stones lifted the granaries above the ground thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage. In Middle English staddle or stadle is stathel, from Old English stathol, a foundation, support or trunk of a tree. They can be mainly found in Great Britain, Norway ("stabbur"), Galicia and Asturias.
A granary sitting on staddle stones at the Somerset Rural Life Museum
Staddle stone minus its top at The Coach House, Cunninghamhead, in North Ayrshire, Scotland
A cast iron Stathel at Wester Kittochside, near East Kilbride.
Granary sitting on staddle stones at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum.
Granary
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A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals and from floods.
A simple granary (early 19th century), Slovenia
Ancient Greek geometric art box in the shape of granaries, 850 BC. On display in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalos.
Granary model, Han dynasty
Leuit, Sundanese traditional granary, in West Java, Indonesia.