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Record ID: NMGW357
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Stone ball. Diameter 33mm. The function of the ball is uncertain; however, it is possibly a baking ball used to hold down empty pastry cases to stop them rising in the oven. Dating is problematic but if it is a baking ball then it may be relatively recent in date.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-40A462
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Top fragment of a perforated whetstone. The stone has a bevelled end and straight sides. The perforation is oval and has an hour glass profile. Both faces are smooth and dished from use. One face has a facet running along one of the sides.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EEDC22
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axehead roughout
The axehead is complete (with a length of 204mm and a weight of 419.4g) but has a little recent damage at both the blade edge and the butt. The butt is straight (with a width of 23mm) and the sides are moderately straight, gently convex and gradually divergent to the blade, reaching a maximum width (of 65.8mm) just above the blade (39mm from the blade edge). The blade edge (with a width of 61mm) has a deep and even curve (26mm deep). Both faces have a different profile, one has a clear convexity across its with and a gentle convexity across its le…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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