Record ID: DEV-94CED5
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A quartzite beach cobble utilised as a grindstone, of probable Prehistoric date. The cobble is most likely from the Salcombe pebble beds, deriving ultimately from the permian river systems of Normandy. The cobble has an oval plan and cross section, but is truncated, forming a well-worn oval facet at one end, exhibiting some battering damage as well as one edge being slightly bevelled through use. It is otherwise unmodified with the exeption of further, far less pronounced, wear-related facets to either side of the cobble, as well as shallow depressions at the centre of each face. All …
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.