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Early Medieval whetstone
A crude whetstone made from a long pebble of Old Red Sandstone. It is probable that the original pebble had a very irregular shape; but whether this was so or not, muchof the present irregularity is due to the very pronounced dishing of all four sides through use as a whetstone. The right side bears traces of a slight groove which may be artificial. The lower end has been lost.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/J.5
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 6, Cut XXIII, Layer (4), Context- A A: Powdery soil, usually light in colour with some stone, much bone, charcoal flecking.
Measurements
length / mm:126
width / mm:47
thickness / mm:36
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