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Roman whetstone
with roughly sub-rectangular cross-section. The accretion matrix has broken down and the structure is disintegrating to sand; consequently no polished surfaces have survived. Unless the breakdown of the matrix is due to the chemical environment of deposition (which does not appear to have been exceptional) it is difficult to envisage this tone having been used as a whetstone, and its identification as such must be a little doubtful.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
98.6H/7.26
Find Information
Site Name: Leucarum Roman Fort, Loughor
Grid Reference: SS 5634 9798
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1982 - 1988
Notes: two separate excavations: 1982-1984 and 1987-1988
Measurements
maximum length / mm:84
length / mm
maximum width / mm:29
width / mm
maximum height / mm:22
height / mm
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