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WHETSTONE
Unique ID: NMS-00899D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval honestone of Norwegian Ragstone. The cross-section is sub-rectangular with the narrow sides quite flat but the two broad faces irregularly convex. Close to the slightly damaged narrower end an encircling V-sectioned groove with overlapping ends was presumably to take a suspension cord (a drilled perforation is the more normal method). Below the groove the sides are straight and then gently diverge before a rounded lower end. Length 84mm. Width 21.5 - 28mm. Thickness 10.5 - 14.5mm. Weight 55.98g. Norwegian Ragstone was imported in quantity before the Conquest (Moore, D.T. and Ellis, S.E. in Rogerson and Dallas 1984, 107-11) and in Norfolk remained "the preferred material for hones during the late medieval period" (Mills, J.M. with Moore, D. in Shepherd Popescu 2009, 709).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1539
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 84 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Weight: 55.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th April 2014 - Wednesday 21st May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AHS052014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
Parish or ward: Darsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM4269
Four figure Latitude: 52.26587064
Four figure longitude: 1.54518762
1:25K map: TM4269
1:10K map: TM46NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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