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whetstone (illustrated by George Scott)
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Copyright retained by illustrator, George, 2016-11-07 20:45:07
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whetstone (illustrated by George Scott)
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English: A whetstone, made from a flat greywacke sandstone beach pebble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP). Sub-oval in plan, both ends having been carefully shaped to a blunted point. The side margins are parallel and both surfaces are flat. All surfaces were polished to produce a completely smooth, polished artefact which is comfortable to hold, with no sharp edges or corners.

The two flat faces are very slightly concave, suggesting that the whetstone was not subjected to extensive use and may have been lost soon after it was made. The surface of the stone is creamy-grey in colour with minute inclusions of red-brown iron carbonate.

Jones & Taylor (2010) illustrate similar sandstone and siltstone whetstones, which have been derived from river cobbles, excavated from Scarcewater, St Stephen, on page 129, fig.66, nos.505 & 703, which are dated from the Late Bronze Age, c.1100-700 BC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 2350 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 813568
Old ref: PUBLIC-0E7885
Filename: SMWS22.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/589136
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/589136/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/813568
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Object location50° 52′ 28.2″ N, 4° 29′ 42.04″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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