Record ID: LON-FC5492 - MEDIEVAL whetstone

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WHETSTONE

Unique ID: LON-FC5492

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of A stone incomplete whetstone of uncertain date, probably late Early Medieval – Post Medieval.

A stone incomplete whetstone of uncertain date, probably late Early Medieval - early Post Medieval. This whetstone is rectangular in shape, flaring towards one end (from 20.00mm to 26.53mm), and wedge-shaped in profile. The other end is broken and missing. One of the sides has been deliberately scored with very regular lozenge-shaped cross-hatching; the other side has the natural striations of the stone. Hazel Forsyth notes that it is very difficult to date this object with any degree of accuracy.

Dimensions: length: 85.39mm; width: 26.53mm; thickness: 14.58mm; weight: 46.36g.

Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Length: 85.39 mm
Width: 26.53 mm
Thickness: 14.58 mm
Weight: 46.36 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Hand made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Southwark
Parish: Bermondsey Rotherhithe And Southwark

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ3380
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Hazel Forsyth - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Ms Jackie Keily - [view all attributed records]

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