Record ID: CORN-C88526
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete sandstone whetstone, used on two sides and one face, so that they are smooth, and broken at one end. Romano-British, judging from the majority of material that it was found with. Carlyon (1987) illustrates a similar example from Carvossa, Probus on page 137, Fig.14, No.4, which is dated from the 1st to the 4th century AD. Quinnell (2004) illustrates a similar example from Trethurgy on page 141, Fig.67, No.18, which is dated from c.AD 150-550.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2015
Spatial data recorded.