Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-848D45
Object type certainty: Probably
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A fine grained, dark grey, oval-ended sandstone, broken at one end, used as a whetstone. A cone shaped stone with 3 sides having flat surfaces that have been smoothed by wear, and show evidence of being used for sharpening blades. The back is slightly concave and rougher. 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. The known history of the site leans towards an early Medieval date.
Length 84mm, Width 40mm, Thickness 25mm, Weight 157.4 gms.
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database in NLM-4437B0 and YORYM-BE1C37.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 850
Period of reuse: UNKNOWN
Quantity: 1
Length: 84 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight: 157.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th November 2015
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Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TA3228
Four figure Latitude: 53.73169502
Four figure longitude: -0.00051659
1:25K map: TA3228
1:10K map: TA32NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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