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.

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Record ID: HAMP3346
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
3 x whetstone fragments. Hard, pink/grey micaceous stone.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: HAMP3441
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
1 x whetstone fragment. Oval-sectioned, quite worn.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE UPHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2CB314
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oblong, slightly waisted, whetstone with an eccentric circular hole drilled in one end. The stone is a very fine-grained rock with a distinct greenish hue.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP2032
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment, whetstone. Pink/brown micaceous non-local stone. Worn on one side.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-85A46B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of probable whetstone or hone of uncertain dating (from the Roman period onwards, c.AD 43 to 1800). It is cylindrical in shape with (broken) projections on two adjacent 'faces'; approximately one third of the cylinder shape is also missing. It measures 33.0mm in length, 34.6mm in diameter, 39.5mm in width, 34.5mm in thickness and weighs 48.86g. The stone is a fine grained sandstone with micaceous inclusions and a metallic black sheen to the outside edge.
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-437FB5
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone or hone made of a fine grained brown grey stone with a high mica content, possibly a schist. The whetstone is 78mm in length, sub rectangular and narrow with rounded ends and oval cross section. The wider end has a drilled hole for suspension. There is an oblique notch across the narrow end which may be post-depositional damage.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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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.

Record ID: HAMP-661272
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone or hone of probable Scandinavian (Norwegian) origin and made of schist. The whetstone is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section, with one finished edge and face, both slightly concave in profile, the other edges being smooth but bumpy and unfinished. Both short edges appear broken. Towards one end a 'corner' is cut off. This end has a piercing, central between the cut-off corner and the finished edge, in a wide U-shaped groove. It is countersunk from both faces, measuring c.5.8mm diameter on the outside and c.4mm at the centre. Presumably this was for suspe…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-672531
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of possible whetstone or hone of uncertain dating (from the Roman period onwards, c.AD 43 to 1800). It is rectangular in shape and square in cross-section, being broken at both ends (narrowing from 29.29x28.70 to 27.21x27.81). It measures 65.09mm in length and weighs 86g. The stone is porous with micaceous inclusions, probably a coarse-grained sandstone and of the same material as HAMP-6748C7, which was found with it. The object itself is barely worn. Helen Rees, Winchester Museums, comments the stone type would be unusual for a whetsonte or hone (pers.comm. October 2014).
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-6748C7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible whetstone or hone of uncertain dating (from the Roman period onwards, c.AD 43 to 1800). It is rectangular in shape and lentoid in cross-section, with the edges of the object being blunted to give straight sides, increasing in height from the intact short edge to max.11mm tall. One end is broken diagonally while the other (intact edge) is a little damaged. The intact edge is slightly curving and has damage on both faces from wear. Iron staining is visible on both faces. It measures 67.57mm in length, 48.09mm in max.width and 17.55mm in max.thickness, weighing 5…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-208B83
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone, 50mm in length made from a hard micaceous schist and of suspected Iron Age or Roman date. The remaining portion is subrectangular, with a rounded terminal and an oval cross section. The edges have flat facets along the sides. There is damage to one corner of the end and the object has broken across the middle.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2022
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Record ID: SUR-3F8FCC
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone made from a hard and fine grained sandstone, 51.5mm in length, with a rounded rectangular cross section. The stone has been heavily used and tapers in thickness from 10.7mm at a slightly concave rear end to 7.7mm where it has broken at the mid point from heavy wear.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-35FFA8
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and undatable whetstone, square in cross-section at one end (c.44x45mm with one damaged corner), sloping on one face and narrowing on those to either side to become rectangular in cross-section and extending c.35mm to the break (43x24mm). The fabric is grey in colour and sandy, with numerous micaceous inclusions and orange-brown fissures to the outside surface (probably iron staining). It weighs 272g (to the nearest 2g) and measures 92.7mm in length. Whetstones are known to have been used from the Bronze Age onwards and continued to be used for scythes and other tools…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
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Record ID: SUR-E5A13B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete conical whetstone of probable post-medieval date. The stone is made from a coarse grained sandstone, probably a local greensand. There are old breaks at either end and it has a sub-circular cross sectional profile. It was probably lathe-turned and used on a spindle.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-A71CF4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone fragment  of possible Roman-modern date. The whetstone is made of light reddish brown sandstone, is sub-rectantular in plan and has a rounded-rectangular section. The whetstone has been worn on all edges and the dorsal and ventral sides are both flat. The object's edges are  both deliberately worn and taper slightly. One of the edges has two flat narrow surfaces that meet at about a 30 degree angle, indicating use a sharpening tool. The unbroken end of the whetstone has been pecked and is relatively flat.  Similar to Maslin, S (2023)&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-A77175
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone fragment  of possible Bronze Age date. The whetstone is made of a flat tabular block of light reddish brown quartzite. The artefact is trapezoidal in plan and has a  rounded triangular section. The whetstone has been worn on all edges with the dorsal side having two flat surfacesthat meet at a rounded worn ridge. Both of the dorsal surfaces are semi-concave. The ventral side is flat The object's edges are  both deliberately worn and taper slightly. The unbroken end of the whetstone has been pecked. Found in the same area as other whetsto…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-A75F56
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone fragment  of possible Bronze Age date. The whetstone is made of a flat tabular block of light reddish brown quartzite. The artefact is trapezoidal in plan and has a rounded-rectangular section. The whetstone has been worn on all edges and the dorsal and ventral sides are both flat. The object's edges are  both deliberately worn and taper slightly. The unbroken end of the whetstone has been worn smooth. Found in the same area as other whetstone fragments, as well as other Mesolithic-Bronze Age stone tools.  Similar : Tyacke, A (2012)&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-00084F
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cylindrical whetstone of probable post-medieval date. The stone is made from a coarse grained sandstone, probably a local greensand. There are old breaks at either end and it has a sub-circular cross sectional profile. It was probably lathe-turned and used on a spindle.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-714BE1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat rounded sub-triangular grey pebble which has been broken across a drilled hole in one angle. The object has probably been used as a whetstone and is of unknown date. It may be Roman in view of many finds of that date in the near locality.
Created on: Monday 2nd May 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.