2024-03-29T10:49:32+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452173/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452173/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452173/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452173/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452173/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452173/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452173452173DOR-321244PAS4E132124001712WHETSTONE83.8147.5342058.631SCMS 0203471UNKNOWNA possible whetstone, hone-stone or polishing stone. A shaped quartzite pebble (probably a beach pebble). The pebble has several angular facets resulting in its broadly rectilinear shape. The profile shape is pentagonal. On both of the long faces there are areas of wear at the short edges. The upper surface, where two facets join together producing a central ridge (the point of the pentagonal profile) is slightly more smooth than the other surfaces.
Date: Uncertain
Dimensions: 83.81 mm x 47.53 mm x 58.63 mm
Weight: 420 g (approx)
2011-07-05 15:35:182011-07-05 16:00:00432009-01-012009-06-301Possibly11PAS4E1321240017122848DORStone11794Hand madeCompleteMetal detectorCircaCirca43553514362141991442241427SU1012SU1012SU11SW50.907386-1.859146263518386100336140stone.jpg1Possible whetstone of uncertain dateSomerset County Council5images/caht/South WestCharacter undeterminedGrassland, HeathlandEuropean RegionCountyDorsetDistrictEast DorsetCivil Parish50.9109-1.85102AlderholtReturned to finder96475