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WHETSTONE

Unique ID: NLM-3D12C7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A stone hone of unknown date. The sub-rectangular hone is slightly waisted in the centre and is probably incomplete. It is made from a brown hard mud or siltstone with fine grains and is smooth to touch. The sides of the hone have silvery inclusions and black markings that are not present on the front or back face. The hone tapers in thickness at one end and has a circular perforation (diameter is 5.5mm) that has been drilled from both faces. One face has much more wear than the other with worn grooves and marks. The surviving length is 90.8mm, the width is 33.3mm, the thickness is 20.5mm at one end and 16.8mm at the other and the weight is 108.13g.

Class: Hone

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 90.8 mm
Width: 33.3 mm
Weight: 108.13 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM11886

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Cut
Completeness: Uncertain

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Welton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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