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WHETSTONE
Unique ID: NLM-CC5855
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fine grained Sandstone possible Whetstone fragment. A flat-sided water-rolled cobble with both flat surfaces apparently smoothed or dished by wear, which may extend to one slightly concave side. Broken at one end. The improvised use of various stones from glacial drift for sharpening or rubbing stones is characteristic of the Roman and Early Medieval periods until the Viking Age, when Scandinavian stones from the Telemark region became widely available. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 43-850.
Length: 76.6mm, Width: 57mm, Thickness: 24.1mm, Weight: 159.18gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 76.6 mm
Width: 57 mm
Thickness: 24.1 mm
Weight: 159.18 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27836
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wrawby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0208
Four figure Latitude: 53.55871911
Four figure longitude: -0.46162681
1:25K map: TA0208
1:10K map: TA00NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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