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WHETSTONE

Unique ID: HAMP-208B83

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

An incomplete whetstone, 50mm in length made from a hard micaceous schist and of suspected Iron Age or Roman date. The remaining portion is subrectangular, with a rounded terminal and an oval cross section. The edges have flat facets along the sides. There is damage to one corner of the end and the object has broken across the middle.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 39.1 mm
Thickness: 11.1 mm
Weight: 37.3 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone
Completeness: Fragment

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Havant (District)
Parish or ward: Hayling East (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU7203
Four figure Latitude: 50.82207534
Four figure longitude: -0.97920605
1:25K map: SU7203
1:10K map: SU70SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: About one year ago
Updated: About one year ago

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