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WHETSTONE
Unique ID: WMID-6C0B32
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete stone object, possibly a fragement of a whetstone or honeing stone used for sharpening. What remains of the object is wedge shaped, tapering from 15.82 mm wide at its widest end to 9.33 mm wide at the break. The object has been pierced, possibly for suspension, near the widest end, with a hole measuring approximately 3.6 mm in diameter. The object measures 44.11 mm long, 5.48 mm thick and weighs 5.8 grams. Its date is uncertain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.11 mm
Width: 15.82 mm
Thickness: 5.48 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2011 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Claverley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8195
Four figure Latitude: 52.552508
Four figure longitude: -2.28165
1:25K map: SO8195
1:10K map: SO89NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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