Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-F85E33
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fine grained, pale grey, oblong shaped sandstone, with some plough damage at one end of the reverse face, used as a whetstone. Both faces are smoothed by wear, and the edges are rounded and show evidence of being used for sharpening blades.
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. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database PUBLIC-848D45, NLM-4437B0 and YORYM-BE1C37.
Length; 150mm, width; 54.4mm, thickness;24.3mm. Weight; 295.3g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Middle
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
Quantity: 1
Length: 150 mm
Width: 54.4 mm
Thickness: 24.3 mm
Weight: 295.3 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th December 2017
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Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SE9767
Four figure Latitude: 54.0897776
Four figure longitude: -0.51849661
1:25K map: SE9767
1:10K map: SE96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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