Record ID: BUC-06E19E
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible early medieval to post medieval whetstone, dating from AD 800-1400.  The object is a long rectangular shape, narrowing slightly at one end. At the wider end it is rounded, and missing one corner. There is a circular perforation at this end, it has been drilled from both sides. At the opposite narrower end the object has a flat edge, from the centre of this projects a triangular point. There are scratches across the body of the object. It is a dark brown colour, and measures 58.3mm in length, 12.9mm in maximum width, 6.2mm in maximum thickness, and weighs 11.42g.  …
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D764D7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a late Saxon or medieval Norwegian ragstone hone both ends missing, parts of two faces and of one straight side only. Extant length 47.5mm, thickness 5 - 6.5mm. Weight 8.9g. Norwegian Ragstone was imported in quantity before the Conquest (Moore, D.T. and Ellis, S.E. in Rogerson and Dallas 1984, 107-11) and in Norfolk remained "the preferred material for hones during the late medieval period" (Mills, J.M. with Moore, D. in Shepherd Popescu 2009, 709). 10th - 15th century.
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: WILT-4BA787
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Early Medieval to Medieval  whetstone, dating to c. AD 800-1400. The whetstone has been made from a very fine grained sedimentary mica-rich stone, and is mid grey in colour. It is sub rectangular in plan with slightly tapering sides,  In cross section it is rectangular.  A suspension hole has been drilled in the upper part of the whetstone by drilling both sides to produce an hour glass shaped hole 3.2mm  in diameter.  The opposite (lower) end is broken. Dimensions: 33.5mm in length, 9.6mm in width, 9.7mm in thickness and …
Created on: Sunday 5th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2023
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Record ID: DOR-E194B6
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone of probable Early Medieval or Medieval date (c.800 – 1400). The whetstone is formed from a very fine sedimentary mica rich sandstone or siltstone and bedding planes are clearly visible in the profile. The whetstone is broadly sub-rectangular in plane with tapering sides and faces. It is sub-rectangular in cross section. The edges are slightly bevelled. The top, above the suspension hole, has an angled profile. A relatively small, sub-circular suspension hole has been drilled, off-centre, in the upper part of the whetstone; this has been ac…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-0171B1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but broken Medieval whetstone dating to c. AD 1050-1250. The whetstone is formed from a blue/grey micaceous schist, now in two pieces. It is sub-trapezoidal in plan with a flat top and tapering sides to a rounded tip. One side has a central groove approximately 5.0mm wide and 25.0mm long. The rounded tip shows evidence of fine sharpening with at least four striations around one side. A complete diagonal break occurs approximately one third of the way down. The size of the whetstone suggests it may have been a pendant, but there is no evidence for a s…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-ACE33E
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete hone stone, both ends missing, extant length 45mm, parallelogram (18.5 x 15mm) in cross-section, pale grey micaceous schist, probably medieval.
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E2AD11
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone of probable early-medieval to medieval date (c. AD 800 - 1400). Description: The whetstone is formed from a very fine-grained, sedimentary, mica-rich stone. It is sub-trapezoidal in plan with parallel sides and is sub-rectangular in cross section. Both ends are broken, probably in antiquity. All sides are flat and very smooth, except one face that is slightly dished from the sharpening process. Measurements: Length 61.66mm: Width 28.01mm: Thickness 19.83mm: Weight 78.11g Discussion: Dating of whetstones is difficult as they were used from the la…
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F86EE9
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn stone object, probably a whetstone or hone of Medieval date. The object is formed from a finely grained dark grey stone, with a sub-rectangular in form with one break squared off and to the opposite end a snapped break..The base is rough with a slight curve on its edges. The object is 109.3mm long, 33.5mm wide, 24.7mm thick and weighs 190.71g
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 24th January 2020
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Record ID: DYFED-E93AFC
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Object is long and cylindrical in shape but with flattened sides. The object has a head, which appears to be rounded; it then tapers in slightly to a 'neck' and then expands out again. The object has 4 sides but one side has broken off. It has smooth sides, and appears worked. It is thought that this object is a whetstone. A string would have been tied around its neck in order to attach it to something else such as a belt. Similar records on the PAS database are YORYM-F17BB0, HAMP-E48B53 and SF-E9FB63. Its exact date is unknown but it is thought that it may be Medieval. The objec…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lamphey', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-722AE9
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval hone stone of pale grey micaceous schist. Both ends broken. Damaged convex faces and flattened sides. Extant length 79mm. Width 34mm. 13mm thick. Weighs 47.39g. c. 11th-15th century.
Created on: Friday 5th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: HESH-3F6E03
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a hone or whetstone of undetermined date, probably Medieval or later but an earlier date should not be ruled out. The stone is rectangular in plan, profile and has a D shaped cross section. The whetstone is formed from a mid grey, coarse grained grit/sandstone - an area of distinct reddening is present in one place - this is likely to be due to burning or heatening in a fire. The edges and the tip are all worn. The top / upper surface has a smooth heavily worn and partially polished surface with a distinctive U shaped profile created from repeated use. The other long e…
Created on: Friday 15th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-F4BF9B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone of probable Early Medieval or Medieval date (c.800 - 1400). The whetstone is formed from a very fine sedimentary mica rich sandstone or siltstone and bedding planes are clearly visible in the profile. The whetstone is broadly sub-rectangular in plan with parallel sides and sub-rectangular cross section. The edges are slightly bevelled and the top is rounded. A relatively small suspension hole has been drilled in the upper part of the whetstone; this has been achieved by drilling (probably using a bow saw / drill) from both edges which has created an egg-timer s…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludlow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BD3717
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of whetstone or hone of probable early-medieval to medieval date (AD 700-1500). The whetstone has been manufactured from very fine-grained, blue-grey stone. It is a pointed oval in plan and sub-triangular in section. it is broken at both ends. The outer surfaces are very smooth with flat facets, probably as a result of the blade-sharpening process.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-AD7E16
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a fine-grained, sandstone whetstone of uncertain date. The object is sub-rectangular in section and sub-rectangular in plan, broken across both ends. The sides are slightly dished and all surfaces are worn smooth. The location and associated finds suggest an early-medieval to medieval date.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-30CABC
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a whetstone of unknown date. It is made from a very fine-grained, banded sedementary rock with a high inclusion of mica crystals. The object is sub-square in section and a tapering rectangle in plan, broken across the wider end. Dating of whetstones is difficult as they were used from the later Iron Age to modern times. The location and associated finds suggest an early-medieval to medieval date. The object is 89.76mm in length and 31.1mm in width. It weighs 218g.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-E2B784
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fine-grained micaceous stone whetstone or hone. It is sub-rectangular in shape with (worn) breaks at both short ends, revealing a D-shaped cross-section. It narrows from 20.1x14.8mm at one break to 14.6x11.6mm at the other, over a length of 76.3mm. The stone is grey to the flat underside but otherwise brown in colour with lines of silvery inclusions running through it. These appear as dark grey longitudinal striations on the brown surface. The stone is soapy to the touch. The object weighs 41.20g. Whetstones or hones of this type were often perforated in order to susp…
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-0F82DA
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone of sub ovoid to sub trapezoidal section with rounded edges, all faces are polished smooth and blackened from use, except for recent damage which reveals the light grey original colour of the fine grained micaceous schist. As both ends are broken and damaged in antiquity, it is uncertain if this implement was perforated for suspension. Romano-British to Medieval.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Sunday 12th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8A4BED
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval honestone in a fine grained micaceous grey stone, of sub-square cross-section at one end (24 x 24mm) widening gently to the other (24 x 30.5mm. Length 112mm. 12th - 18th century
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-AF3E34
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval hone stone of striated pale grey micaceous schist, faces tapering towards terminals. Both ends damaged. Trapezoidal section 21 x 13mm. Length 119mm. weighs 64.63mm. 12th-15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-162DC1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a hone or whetstone of undetermined date, probably Medieval or later but an earlier date should not be ruled out. The stone is rectangular in plan, profile and has a distinct trapezoidal shaped cross section. The whetstone is formed from a pinkish mid grey, coarse grained grit/sandstone which is rich in iron. The edges are all worn and their are mutiple distinct faceted faces which have been used for grinding and sharpening iron blades. Both ends are broken and these breaks are unabraded. Whetstones are used for long periods in the agricultural landscape and a medieval…
Created on: Saturday 7th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruardean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BB6724
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a large whetstone. The object is made from a very fine-grained, banded sandstone. It is sub-rectangular in both plan and section with one end rounded and smooth. The opposite end has been broken and the rest of the whetstone lost. All surfaces apart from the broken section are worn smooth.
Created on: Sunday 4th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-91DC72
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete hone or whetstone of undetermined date, probably Medieval or later but an earlier date should not be ruled out. The stone is rectangular in plan, profile and section. The whetstone is formed from a grey, coarse grained grit/sandstone. The side surfaces show distinct bedding planes within the matrix. The edges and the tip are all worn with at least one distinct grinding sharpening surface being present. Whetstones are used for long periods in the agricultural landscape and a medieval or later date is preferred The stone is 86.9mm length, 31.5mm width, is 16.7mm thi…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockshutt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D7E322
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete hone or whetstone of undetermined date, probably Medieval or later but an earlier date should not be ruled out. The stone is angular, with five irregularly arranged facetted, flat edges. The stone is formed from a grey, coarse grained grit/sandstone. The side surfaces are coloured surface possibly due to burial conditions or being heated in a fire. The surfaces have fine scratches consistent with metal sharpening. One end has been abraded in the plough soil. The stone is 66mm long and 24mm wide, and 22mm high, it weighs 48.4g
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-444A56
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, probably medieval hone stone, with one end missing. The thickness and width are greatest near the complete end where the cross-section is a parallelogram (38 x 29mm). At the broken end the cross-section is sub-rectangular (29 x 20mm). The material is micaceous and pale grey. Length 126mm. 12th - 15th century.
Created on: Friday 18th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
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Record ID: NLM-DD2078
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey stone, probably Norwegian Schist. Whetstone fragment. Rectangular section fragment from a hone of imported Telemark Schist. Towards one end the object is broken across a hole of an hourglass form showing it was drilled from both sides. The hone narrows from its perforated upper end because of wear, and its longer narrow side is also lightly dished from use. Broken at both ends. The drilling of hones for suspended wear was characteristic of 'phyllite' hones of the later Anglo-Scandinavian period, though it was extended to the smaller Norwegian schist hones, made of a material whic…
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-89F91B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post-medieval honestone of very hard, fine-grained, pinkish grey micaceous sandstone. At the break the cross-section is trapezoidal, 42 x 19-23mm, and at the end it is rectangular, 64 x 43mm. Three faces are gently concave. The fourth face, a narrow one, is flat but scoured by two deep V-section sharpening grooves which run the full length. There are two shallower grooves on the end. Extant length 79mm. 12th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
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Record ID: KENT-CCE2E7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval or Medieval Whetstone or hone. The stone is sub rectangular, narrowing slightly towards each end. One end is complete with rounded corners, the other ends in an old break. In section it has straight sides and slighty convex faces. It thickens slightly towards the complete end before thinning to a rounded edge. At the complete end there is a circular perforation for suspension. the hole is hour glass shaped having been drilled from both sides and is 4.1mm in diameter in the centre. The stone is fine grained, grey to slightly grey green in colour and appears to have fi…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: NLM-3ACFB3
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Norwegian Schist Whetstone fragment. A sub-cylindrical mullion or bar of fine-grained grey-green stone with two flattened and one lightly dished faces; both ends broken. The stone comes from the Telemark region of Norway, and importation from the 12th century onwards established its effective dominance over the market for sharpening stones in England throughout the medieval period. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1450. Length: 51.3mm, Diameter: 22.6mm, Weight: 44.88gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-595B09
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, probably medieval hone stone of sub-rectangular section, with one end missing. The thickness and width are greatest near the complete end. The material is micaceous, greenish grey with off-white or very pale grey streaks. Length 85mm. Thickness 13.5 - 17.8mm. Width 36 - 40.3mm. 12th - 15th century.
Created on: Sunday 15th March 2015
Last updated: Sunday 15th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-1EBEE1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval hone stone of rectangular cross-section, thinning gently from one broken end to an unbroken, rounded end. The stone is slightly close-grained, micaceous and pale grey brown. Extant length 63mm. Width 18.6mm. Thickness 9.8 - 9mm. 12th - 15th century. Finder's no. GR7
Created on: Saturday 28th February 2015
Last updated: Saturday 28th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DB9F8C
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a probably medieval hone of pale grey micaceous stone, split longitudinally and broken across on end. The cross-section was probably sub-rectangular, and tapering from the finished end. On the one surving braod surface there are five short longitudinal lines of rust, presumably from use with an iron tool. Extant length and thickness 55 and 11.5 - 9mm. Width 28.5 - 23mm. Weight 32g. Perhaps 12th - 15th century. Finder's no. GW3
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-09CFC5
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The pointed tip from a broken stone whetstone or hone. The whetstone is made from very fine-grained sandstone with mica flecks and areas with black patches. The material is very similar to coal measures sandstone but this has not been verified as the source for the stone. The stone is a pointed triangle in plan and sub-triangular in section. The sides are highly polished and faceted from the repeated action of sharpening blades.
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Utterby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-00899D
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval honestone of Norwegian Ragstone. The cross-section is sub-rectangular with the narrow sides quite flat but the two broad faces irregularly convex. Close to the slightly damaged narrower end an encircling V-sectioned groove with overlapping ends was presumably to take a suspension cord (a drilled perforation is the more normal method). Below the groove the sides are straight and then gently diverge before a rounded lower end. Length 84mm. Width 21.5 - 28mm. Thickness 10.5 - 14.5mm. Weight 55.98g. Norwegian Ragstone was imported in quantity before the Conquest (Moore, D.T. and …
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C01ED7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roughly rectangular sandstone pebble, fairly flat on both faces, broken at one end, the long edges worn smooth from use as a whetstone. Surviving dimensions 135 x 82 x 34mm. Undateable, but unlikely to be prehistoric and probably Early Medieval, medieval or post-medieval.
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 15th March 2015
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Record ID: HESH-6D5CE2
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone of possible Early Medieval or Medieval date (c.800 - 1400 AD). The whetstone is made from a very fine sedimentary mica rich sandstone. It is sub-rectangular in plan with tapering edges, and is broadly rectangular in section. There is a small circular perforated hole (5.2mm diameter) drilled through the narrower top edge; this would have been used to suspend the whetstone from a belt and aid safe keeping. There is a slight worn hollow approximately half way down the one edge which is likely to have been caused though use. There are also several other chips around t…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees Heath', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-476F22
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three hone stone fragments, all with both ends missing and perhaps all medieval. Two are very short (35 and 39mm), of trapezoidal cross-section and affected by fire. The larger piece (length 184mm), of irregular ovoid cross-section and probably of Norwegian Ragstone. This stone was imported in quantity before the Conquest (Moore, D.T. and Ellis, S.E. in Rogerson and Dallas 1984, 107-11) and in Norfolk remained "the preferred material for hones during the late medieval period" (Mills, J.M. with Moore, D. in Shepherd Popescu 2009, 709). Combined weight 348g.
Created on: Saturday 15th March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 15th March 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-208832
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable whetstone or hone, which could be of Roman to Modern date. The stone is a fine grained grey silt- or mudstone and has clearly been intentionally shaped. All four sides are long and sub-triangular, each triangle alternately tapering in a different direction, meaning that each end expands at an angle to the other. There is a break at each end. A slight depression in the centre of one of these breaks suggests that the stone may have been perforated originally. Several similar whetstones can be seen in the Meols report (Griffiths et al. 2007, 246, pl.57, no.3315-333…
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9B3B05
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete honestone of Norwegian Ragstone, both ends missing, of sub-rectangular cross-section and steadily diminishing thickness from one end to the other. There is a V-sectioned longitudinal groove on one face. Norwegian Ragstone was imported in quantity before the Conquest (Moore, D.T. and Ellis, S.E. in Rogerson and Dallas 1984, 107-11) and in Norfolk remained "the preferred material for hones during the late medieval period" (Mills, J.M. with Moore, D. in Shepherd Popescu 2009, 709). Length 50.5mm. Width 35.5mm. Thickness 13.5 - 7mm. Weight 42g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: GLO-0871D7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken whetstone that is sub-rectangular in plan. This is wider at one end where it is pierced for suspension at which point it tapers to the other end, which has been truncated. Date possibly medieval
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keynsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-3A4E33
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible whetstone. The object is rectangular in plan and also in cross-section with one smooth surface, and all others being slightly irregular. The irregularity of the other sides is more akin to the way in which the stone would probably naturally break, rather than having been intentionally made into a whetstone. The stone is cream-yellow in colour.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
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Record ID: NLM-ED71A5
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Schist possible hone fragment. An irregular fragment from a mullion of possibly Norwegian schist. One broad side may be flattened and grooved, and the opposite side appears dished. This stone was the predominant material used for whetstones in medieval England. Earlier examples were imported as finished or nearly finished items, but later material includes fragments of rock broken along its bedding planes with finishing left to the purchaser; in this form perhaps arriving as a ballast cargo for vessels engaged in the Northern trade. An origin from glacial drift is also possible as thi…
Created on: Friday 5th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muckton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-89AD03
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval or Medieval whetstone or hone. The stone is sub rectangular with slightly concave long edges so it widens slightly towards each end. One end is complete with rounded corners, the other ends in an old break. In section it has straight sides and slighty convex faces. It thickens slightly towards the complete end before thinning to a rounded edge. Just before the break is a circular perforation for suspension. the hole is hour glass shaped having been drilled from both sides and is 3.8mm in diameter in the centre. The stone is fine grained, grey to slightly grey green in c…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A02571
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Schist, possibly Norwegian Possible Hone fragment. Small fragment from a mullion of schist. The angled end and part of one side appear smoothed; other surfaces are probably broken. If the identification is sustained, this could be a small piece of a medieval whetstone; the English market for hones was dominated by Norwegian schists through the Medieval period. In the later medieval period, it is possible that undressed mullions of schist were imported to be either shaped or worn to shape by the purchaser. Suggested date: Possibly Medieval, 1300-1500. Length: 25.5mm, Width: 19.7m…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beltoft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-2D19E3
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a whetstone. The stone was presumably once elongated but only the terminal remains. The terminal is oval in cross-section and has hole drilled through it for suspension. The stone is a fine grey material. Probably medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saltfleetby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-FC5492
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone incomplete whetstone of uncertain date, probably late Early Medieval - early Post Medieval. This whetstone is rectangular in shape, flaring towards one end (from 20.00mm to 26.53mm), and wedge-shaped in profile. The other end is broken and missing. One of the sides has been deliberately scored with very regular lozenge-shaped cross-hatching; the other side has the natural striations of the stone. Hazel Forsyth notes that it is very difficult to date this object with any degree of accuracy. Dimensions: length: 85.39mm; width: 26.53mm; thickness: 14.58mm; weight: 46.36…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-F78873
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone or hone with a copper-alloy suspension loop attached, most likely to be of medieval date. The stone itself is grey in colour with fine micaeous inclusions, it is rectangular in shape and flaring in width towards its terminal, it is now fragmentary due to breaks, all surviving surfaces have grooves and striations on them, persumably created through use. The complete end of the hone has a complete suspension loop attached to it, this consists of a piece of copper-alloy which has rectangular terminal ends and a narrower rectangular loop in its centre. Each rect…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-820ED7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone pendant. The pendant is rectangular in plan and square in cross-section. The terminal has a triangular apex and has a circular hole through it. Probably Medieval.
Created on: Monday 8th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saltfleetby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-E48B53
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone of Norwegian ragstone, late Saxon or medieval in date. The stone is sub-rectangular in cross-section with rounded corners. It tapers from the plain, flat end to an old break at the other end. Each side is slightly concave from wear. It measures 22.6mm by 20.1mm at the complete end, and 17.5mm by 11.1mm at the break. A very similar example was found in a 15th- to 16th-century pit in Winchester, but it may have been residual (Rees et al., 326-327; ref. 2441).
Created on: Friday 20th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owslebury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2205A5
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a whetstone. It is square sectioned with a break at either end. One end flares out and has a long, central groove on one face. The opposite face has an angled groove at the other end. A fine grained, laminated, micaceous siltsone or mudstone. Date: Not closely datable, but probably Medieval to Post Medieval - 12th to 18th century Dimensions: 44.76 mm x 31.93 mm x 20.31 mm Weight: 42.52 g Weight: 8g
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOM-FB1291
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment probably of a smooth grained whetstone or polishing stone. It was found together with a large collection of Medieval pottery shards, suggesting that it is also likely to date from this period. Length: 65.15mm, Width: 42.52mm, Thickness: 13.68mm Weight: 73.55g
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D7D943
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone. The whetstone is rectangular in cross-section and tapers from the break to the complete end. Probably medieval.
Created on: Monday 27th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-885A43
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone, probably dating to the medieval period. The whetstone is rectangular in plan and tapers from end to end.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-721A34
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval – Modern stone whetstone (16th – 19th century). The whetstone has a D-shaped cross-section and there is a circular perforation just off-centre in the upper third of the object. Part of the flat long surface is missing and one end is damaged. There is no evidence of use-wear polishing but this may have been lost with the damage to the surface, or the object was never used. Dimensions: length: 195.46mm; width: 59.77mm; thickness: 31.16mm
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-5756A4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone whetstone which is 56.6mm long, 14.5mm wide and 7.8mm thick. The stone is rectangular in section and is wider at one end. The narrower end may be an old break. There is a circular perforation in the wider end which appreas to have been drilled from one side. The stone is a very fine-grained purple-brown stone with small particles of mica (possibly a sort of metamorphosed slate?) which is quite soft; it can be marked with a fingernail. The date of this object is uncertain. Whetstones are known from the Roman period onwards, and without decoration or context are very hard to …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: NMS-3F3088
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval hone stone of pale grey micaceous schist. Both ends broken. Section varies from ovoid (33 x 12mm) at one end to sub-square (22mm) at the other. Length >158mm.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feltwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-5E53D4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval – Post Medieval stone whetstone (AD 1400 – 1750). The stone is an irregular rectangle in plan with both the large surfaces showing heavy polishing through use. There are transverse irregular grooves cutting across the polished surfaces. These may be scars caused by testing the sharpness of the blades, or caused by flaws in the stone, or they may indicate the stone was reused for another function after its use as a whetstone. The edges are very abraded which probably occurred post deposition. Along one side there is a large, shallow, vertical groove; this possible ac…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Putney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-210018
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small domestic whetstone, of unknown date (probably medieval). Due to the lack of context it is difficult to date this example, but an identical one can be seen the exhibition of objects found at the excavations of Corfe Castle (Dorset), they were used to sharpen knives and other blades. The stone from which the whetstone has been carved is probably Quartzite. The stone has been chipped and ground into shape and has a chamfered edges. It is rectangular in shape with a square butt end, the opposite terminal has a tapering end. At the butt end there is a hole through the stone.
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4A9F93
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A large sub-rectangular whetstone fragment.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-E7BE02
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval - Modern stone whetstone. The whetstone is cuboid, with four rectangular faces and two square end surfaces. There is some damage to the square ends. All four rectangular surfaces are very smooth through use and on two of the surfaces are grooves from where the blade sharpness was tested. Dimensions: length: 81mm; width: 34mm; thickness: 31mm; weight: 163.41g.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cannon Street', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6DD212
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of whetstone, formed from a buff Wealdon sandstone. The fragment was possibly architectural in origin, then subsequently reused as a whetstone. It is medieval in date.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isfield', 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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Record ID: SF-0B88E1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a medieval stone hone. It is a complete rectangular hone 53.03mm long and 13.65mm wide at one terminal. It tapers to 9.52mm at the opposite terminal, which is rounded. A circular hole pierces through the hone at 12.51mm from the wider terminal.With the hole uppermost, the left side of the hone is worn, where it has been used for sharpening a blade. It weighs 13.25g. Similar hones have been found in a fourteenth century context, as at York and Winchester (refs. below) but this type of hone could be of any date from the tenth to fifteenth centuries.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-8C4055
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment of whetstone, of unknown date (probably medieval). The stone from which the whetstone has been carved is probably Quartzite. The stone has been chipped and ground into the whetstone shape and has a chamfered edges. One of the corners of the stone is rounded. Weight: 93g.
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton-on-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-8C2B81
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment of whetstone, of unknown date (probably medieval). The stone from which the whetstone has been carved is an non-local stone. The stone has been chipped and ground into the whetstone shape and has a chamfered edges. Both ends are badly broken. Weight: 81g.
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton-on-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-D5EF73
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment of whetstone, which is probably medieval in date. The stone from which the whetstone has been carved is probably ‘Schist’ a form of Norwegian ragstone. The stone has been chipped and ground into the whetstone shape and has large chamfered edges. Both ends are badly broken; one break looks a lot fresher than the other much more worn down break. The chamfered edges are still very obvious. Weight: 153g.
Created on: Friday 30th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C6C886
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a whetstone or hone. Ward-Perkins (Ward-Perkins J.B. 1940 Medieval Catalogue, Museum of London.) comments whetstones or hones are not usually found on Prehistoric or Roman sites in Britain, therefore suggesting the objects date from the later Early Medieval period onwards. The hole on the recorded example appears to have been hand-made, and therefore is not likely to be of recent date. The whetstone or hone is made from a fine grained stone, possibly a micaceous schist. It is rectangular in plan with both narrow edges being broken. It varies in thickness, to a maxim…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-90A760
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone or hone. It is of fine grained dark stone, so may have served as a finishing hone. It is 65mm in length and has a suspension hole at the top edge. It has pronounced wear on the opposing faces. Hones were used for a long period of time, and this one may date from the 11th century, as one very similar was recovered during excavations in Exeter.
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-637037
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone dating to the medieval - post medieval period. Rounded ends, one surface has evidence of wear, making the surface slightly flat.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-9EA974
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval whetstone, 49mm long and 15mm wide. The object is made from a metamorphic rock and has a sub rectangular form with rounded edges, worn down from use. It has a 10mm hole in the centre of one end. It matches one in Allan 1984, 31 and 295.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
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Record ID: LON-280F37
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hone stone, possily medieval mica schist. Silver grey hone stone of an elongated blade like form. The hone is araded possibly by ware on one face. The stone is likely to be of norwegian rag type.
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-49D884
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Wedge of sandstone hone, incomplete, c.80 mm long, max thickness (at break) c.40mm. A hole has been worked in the stone at a diagonal near the broken end, one end of which is on the outer surface and the other one the broken end. It is c.12mm in diameter on the outside but narrows at the middle, and presumable carried on past the break. There are many scratch marks on the surface. It is not unusual to find incomplete or fragments of hones as they wear where they are used so much. The hole was probably for hanging up and this could explain its smooth inner suface - years of hanging on …
Created on: Monday 8th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-0EE2F4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated whetstone of rectangular cross-section, made of a fine-grained siltstone. The stone tapers gently to the flat end. The top of the whetstone has been damaged and is irregular. The perforation is regular and has been drilled; it has been positioned slightly off-centre on one face. All four faces illustrate evidence of whetting, but show no obvious sign of being dished through prolonged use.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID2151
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The whetstone is incomplete, however a perforated rounded terminal remains. The whetstone is a narrow elongated rectangle in section with rounded terminals.
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE BRAILES', grid reference and parish protected.