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WHETSTONE

Unique ID: DOR-E84A44

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

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 stone tapering towards the break. The surfaces are also smooth. This object was found in an esturine deposit which the finder has assessed to be Roman in date. Date. Roman Dimensions: 77.44 mm x 40.04 mm x 43.29 mm Weight: 189.96 g

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 77.44 mm
Width: 40.04 mm
Thickness: 43.29 mm
Weight: 189.96 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th August 2009

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Materials and construction

Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Gravesham (District)
Parish or ward: Higham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6975
Four figure Latitude: 51.448768
Four figure longitude: 0.430686
1:25K map: TQ6975
1:10K map: TQ67NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Coastland
Specific landuse: Other

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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