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WHETSTONE

Unique ID: NMS-8C5771

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete possibly Medieval hone stone, pale grey micaceous schist, rectangular-sectioned with perforation at one end, other end broken, 17 x >86mm.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 86 mm
Width: 17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: Great Dunham

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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