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Record ID: NLM-082E64
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Norwegian Schist hone fragment. Rectangular section mullion of schist, worn on all its sides and markedly dished on one of its narrower sides. Broken at both ends. Norwegian honestones from quarries near Telemark came to dominate the English market for sharpening stones throughout the Middle Ages. This object is of an intermediate size between personal hones - often carried suspended - and more unwieldy workshop or kitchen hones .The shape is conferred by the cleavage of the stone along its bedding planes. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Length: 93.2mm, Width: 34.2mm, Thickn…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Beltoft', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-4F0425
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a complete Medieval slate whetstone. The light grey coloured whetstone is sub-rectangular in plan, sub-triangular in cross section and expands in thickness from one end. The thinner end has a circular perforation with a diameter of 5.1mm. The surface of the hone is uneven with scratches and broken edges. The length is 141.0mm, the maximum width is 30.2mm, the maximum thickness is 15.0mm and the weight is 107.03g
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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