Rights Holder: Museum of London
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Unique ID: LON-FC5492
Object type certainty: Certain
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A stone incomplete whetstone of uncertain date, probably late Early Medieval - early Post Medieval. This whetstone is rectangular in shape, flaring towards one end (from 20.00mm to 26.53mm), and wedge-shaped in profile. The other end is broken and missing. One of the sides has been deliberately scored with very regular lozenge-shaped cross-hatching; the other side has the natural striations of the stone. Hazel Forsyth notes that it is very difficult to date this object with any degree of accuracy.
Dimensions: length: 85.39mm; width: 26.53mm; thickness: 14.58mm; weight: 46.36g.
Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Length: 85.39 mm
Width: 26.53 mm
Thickness: 14.58 mm
Weight: 46.36 g
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Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TQ3380
Four figure Latitude: 51.503293
Four figure longitude: -0.085156
1:25K map: TQ3380
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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