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WHETSTONE
Unique ID: NLM-082E64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Norwegian Schist hone fragment. Rectangular section mullion of schist, worn on all its sides and markedly dished on one of its narrower sides. Broken at both ends. Norwegian honestones from quarries near Telemark came to dominate the English market for sharpening stones throughout the Middle Ages. This object is of an intermediate size between personal hones - often carried suspended - and more unwieldy workshop or kitchen hones .The shape is conferred by the cleavage of the stone along its bedding planes. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Length: 93.2mm, Width: 34.2mm, Thickness: 17.4mm, Weight: 102.38gms.
Class: Norwegian Schist
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 93.2 mm
Width: 34.2 mm
Thickness: 17.4 mm
Weight: 102.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20125a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Beltoft
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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