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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Whetstone | NLM-02CF15 |
Roman | North East Lincolnshire |
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| Dark grey micaceous Mudstone Possible Hone fragment. Fragment from a possible hone; a needle or point sharpening groove of width 3mm runs along the one unbroken edge. The use of such stone may argue an early date and local manufacture. Suggested date: Roman, 40-400. Length:49.6mm, Width: 20.2mm... | |||||
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Whetstone | LIN-DBA476 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| An incomplete schist whetstone. The whetstone is rectangular in plan and in cross-section. | |||||
| Whetstone | WILT-42FE74 |
Roman | Wiltshire |
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| A fragment of undatable (200 BC-1800 AD) but probably Roman hone or whetstone, measuring 48.37x37.89x20.74mm and weighing 63.8g. The stone is smooth on one face and rougher on the others. It is red/ brown in colour with micaceous inclusions. The whetstone or hone is formed from a very fine graine... | |||||
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Whetstone | DENO-974E15 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| Whetstone, narrowed at the top, expanding gradually in one plane to form a bulbous terminal. Pierced for suspension at the top - drilled from both sides, minimum internal diameter 3.8mm. Concave wear at the edge of one side close to the piercing - width of wear up to 45mm. Fine grained ?sandsto... | |||||
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Whetstone | DOR-E84A44 |
Roman | Kent |
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| An incomplete whetstone. A pale greenish grey fine grained, hard siltstone with some iron staining. The stone has a rectangular, almost square, cross section and is rectangular in shape. All four longitudinal faces have been worn with use resulting in them becoming slightly concave and in the sto... | |||||
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Whetstone | LIN-A18C43 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| An incomplete whetstone. The object is rectangular in plan and in cross-section. The sides are very smooth and worn. The material is a pale grey-blue colour. | |||||
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Whetstone | SUSS-6D7F95 |
Roman | West Sussex |
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| Fragment of a flat oval polishing stone or whetstone of probable Roman to Post Medieval date. It measures 67.1mm by 65.8mm by 35.5mm and weighs 204g. The base is polished flat and very smooth in the centre, rougher at the edges. The sides are rounded and the top is rough and slightly concave. The... | |||||
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Whetstone | LIN-FA3685 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| A ?schist whetstone. The whetstone is roughly rectangular in plan and in cross-section, and broken at either end. The sides are very smooth. | |||||
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Whetstone | LIN-01B557 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| An incomplete whetstone, probably Roman or Anglo-Saxon in date. The whetstone is oval in cross-section and tapers slightly to the break. The surface is smooth and worn. The stone is a light grey sandstone. | |||||
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Whetstone | SOM-0D0EB3 |
Roman | Somerset |
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| A flat cylindrical polishing stone or whetstone of probable Roman to post-medieval date. It measures 72mm by 68mm by 36mm and weighs 253g. Both of the flat sides exhibit polish. The stone appears to be an igneous rock and is not of local origin (pers. comm. Dennis Parsons, Curator of Natural Hist... | |||||
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Whetstone | SOM-9B8C85 |
Roman | Somerset |
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| An incomplete whetstone which is likely to be of Roman to post-medieval date. The surviving section of the whetstone is broadly cuboid-shaped. The stone is a micaceous fine-grained sandstone (Dennis Parsons, pers. comm.). Dimensions: 78mm by 51mm by 42mm Weight: 295g | |||||
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Whetstone | SF-7E18A7 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| An incomplete probable whetstone which could be Roman or later in date. Both terminals are incomplete due to old breaks. It is rectangular in plan but tapering in thickness towards one end. The wider end has a circular hole through it. The stone is dense and grey in colour. It measures 38.38... | |||||
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Whetstone | SF-3DEB66 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| A fragment of a whetstone, which could be Roman or later in date. This fragment is rectnagular in shape with one terminal end surviving, with rounded corners. There is a circular, possibly suspension hole through this temrinal end. The stone is hard grey, dense and has tiny specks of silver mi... | |||||
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Whetstone | SOM-FFB2D5 |
Roman | Somerset |
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| A probable whetstone fragment which is likely to be of Roman to post-medieval date. The unbroken surfaces exhibit some polish and the only original edge is at a ninety degree angle. The stone is a fine-grained micaceous sandstone (pers. comm. Dennis Parsons, Curator of Natural History, Somerset C... | |||||
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Whetstone | CORN-C88526 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Incomplete sandstone whetstone, used on two sides and one face, so that they are smooth, and broken at one end. Romano-British, judging from the majority of material that it was found with. Carlyon (1987) illustrates a similar example from Carvossa, Probus on page 137, Fig.14, No.4, which i... | |||||
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Whetstone | SOMDOR-BA9D42 |
Roman | Somerset |
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| A fragment of broken sandstone whetstone found in association with early Roman pottery and possibly dating to that period (c. AD 50-250). The whetstone is approximately square in cross-section, although it widens at one end to accomodate a perforation by which it could have been suspended. It is ... | |||||
| Whetstone | WILT-969DE0 |
Roman | Wiltshire |
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| Fragment of whetstone, smooth and used on all surfaces including several deep grooves for pins. The stone is orange in colour with yellow diagonal striations across it. Measures 59.6x38.3x(max)35.7mm. Weighs 93.84g. | |||||
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Whetstone | SF-C6BF94 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| a complete whetstone of unknown date. It is a light grey stone with a little mica, rectangular in shape with a flattened oval cross-section at the terminals, which are both flat. There are two flat, rectangular areas, each with significant patches of wear, one near each terminal. They have been w... | |||||
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Whetstone | DENO-560207 |
Roman | Derbyshire |
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| Whetstone. Very fine-grained purple-brown stone (possibly a sort of metamorphosed slate?). Trapezoidal in plan (tapering towards one end) with bevelled terminals, rectangular sectioned, perforated for suspension towards the wider terminal. Wear along the lower half of the narrower sides. File mar... | |||||
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Whetstone | LIN-93ADE1 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| Very large whetstone, measuring 398mm x 45mm x 30mm. The whetstone is rectangular in plan and also in cross-section. The whetstone is a very fine grained light brown-grey colour, originally discovered in three pieces at the same place and later restored by the finder. The whetstone is very smo... | |||||
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Whetstone | KENT-568781 |
Roman | Kent |
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| Trapezoid-shaped piece of stone with a flattish cross-section. Probably a whetstone. | |||||
| Whetstone | WILT-4AF932 |
Roman | Wiltshire |
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| Fragment of whetstone measuring 40x36x10mm and weighing 25.31g. It has numerous long marks on the surface.Roman to medieval in date. | |||||
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Whetstone | LANCUM-13DF16 |
Roman | Lancashire |
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| Roman or Medieval whetstone (orange-reddish sandstone) | |||||
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Whetstone | HAMP-2CB314 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| An oblong, slightly waisted, whetstone with an eccentric circular hole drilled in one end. The stone is a very fine-grained rock with a distinct greenish hue. | |||||
| Whetstone | WILT-AA8A07 |
Roman | Wiltshire |
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| Three rims and two body fragments of Romano British greyware. The largest measures 66x36x10mm (rim), the smallest 48x20x6mm (rim). They collectviely weigh 74.51g. | |||||
| Whetstone | WILT-AA7882 |
Roman | Wiltshire |
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| Two rims and one body fragment of Romano British greyware with flint inclusions. The largest measures 81x56x15mm (body), the smallest 52x31x8mm. They collectviely weigh 114.94g. | |||||
| Whetstone | WILT-AA6CD3 |
Roman | Wiltshire |
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| Broken fragment of whetstone, probably Roman in date given that it has been collected with a large amount of Roman pottery.It measures 60x39x max 19mm thick and weighs 55.96g.The stone is smooth, dark grey and has flecks of mica within it. | |||||
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Whetstone | BH-08D4C2 |
Roman | Hertfordshire |
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| Fine grained stone hone of Roman date. Rectangular in shape with a rectangular cross section. Very worn on each of the four long sides, due to heavy use as a sharpening stone. Meausures 70.4mm long by 23.7mm wide and 18.7mm high. Weight = 60.36. | |||||
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Whetstone | LANCUM-7686E3 |
Roman | Cumbria |
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| Roman whetstone, dark stone. Rectangular in cross section, slightly tapering to one end, flat sides, with rounded ends. | |||||
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Whetstone | LANCUM-766E64 |
Roman | Cumbria |
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| Roman Whetstone, dark stone. Flat faced triangular tube, with rounded ends. | |||||
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