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Record ID: NLM94
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Fragment of a schist whetstone, rounded rectangular section tapering towards end. Truncated.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WMID1584
Object type: WHETSTONE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
The item is sub-square in section. The corners are rounded. Each terminal of the item is broken. Two of the faces are very smooth. Along the other two faces there are large chips so the edges are not well defined. Also there are a series of vague linear grooves.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE BARCHESTON', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WMID2151
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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.


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Record ID: WMID4617
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
The whetstone is made of a fine silt stone, possibly from the Welsh borders. In plan the whetstone is an elongated trapezoidal shape. The two long side edges are not quite parallel. The wide lower edge is slightly rounded and abraded, but maybe the original edge. The opposite edge is a broken edge. The upper surface of the stone is smooth and the edges rounded, and tapers in depth towards the lower edge. The reverse is a flat face, but is not a smooth as the other face.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: NARC3066
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An incomplete hone, sub triangular in plan and rectangular in section. The fabric, examined under a magnifying lens appears to be a compacted sandstone, of a pale blue-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: HAMP2032
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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.


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Record ID: NLM6238
Object type: WHETSTONE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Cylindrical but tapers outwards slightly towards the bottom, one side is slightly flatter than the rest probably through use. Both the top and bottom appear to have been broken.
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2002
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ROXBY CUM RISBY', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NLM6526
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Flat rectangular with a rectangular cross section evidence for a break at one end, so length is unknown, corner broken off at other end. Some ware on the face where tools were sharpened.
Created on: Friday 11th October 2002
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ROXBY CUM RISBY', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: HAMP3346
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
3 x whetstone fragments. Hard, pink/grey micaceous stone.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP3441
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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.


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Record ID: NMGW-0EE2F4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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: NMGW-40A462
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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: LIN-17EEF0
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Very worn whetstone. The object has been drilled from both sides at the top, presumably for attachment as a pendant or for safe keeping. The whetstone is rectangular in section and tapers until its break. The sides show much evidence of useage.
Created on: Monday 6th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: WILT-49D884
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published Find 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: NMS-8ECE17
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Pendant whetstone. Almost square rod of (?schist) perforated at the thicker end by an 'hour glass' shaped hole. One face more heavily worn than the other three. Probably post-Roman but could be Saxon or Medieval.
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briston', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: BH-08D4C2
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Fine grained stone hone of Roman date. Rectangular in shape with a rectangular cross section. Very worn on each of the four long sides, due to heavy use as a sharpening stone. Meausures 70.4mm long by 23.7mm wide and 18.7mm high. Weight = 60.36.
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-294466
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Small pebble with a worn depression. There is considerable doubt about whether this is a whetstone, it could just be a weathered stone.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: SF-4EC926
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A possible whetstone of unknown date, it is rectangular in shape and measures 71.72mm in length 30.47mm in width and 14.1mm in thickness. The stone appears to be a limestone and has scratches across its faces and deep diagonal grooves along one side. Both faces have circular semi-perforated holes in opposing corners, these holes are in the same position in both faces but why they were not drilled all the way through is unknown. It is possible that this object is unfinished.
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LIN-444B95
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Incomplete stone whetstone. The stone is rectangular in cross-section and has four long smooth and well worn sides. The object tapers towards the broken end. The fibrous looking fracture suggests that the whetstone is made from Norwegian schist.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: LIN-25C8C0
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Incomplete whetstone. The stone is rectangular in cross section and flares at one end. Both ends are broken. All sides of the whetstone are highly worn.
Created on: Monday 9th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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