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Early Medieval whetstone
A keeled Old Red Sandstone pebble. The bottom shows faint traces of polish through use as a rubbing-stone, and the flatter of two sides may also have been used in this way.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/J.10
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section -, Cut XV, Layer (2), Context- D D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:152
width / mm:53
thickness / mm:52
Material
Old Red Sandstone
Location
In store
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