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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2011-03-20 18:38:46 |
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whetstone (profile) |
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English: Incomplete whetstone worked from a bladed beach pebble of silty sandstone that has a trimmed and faceted end (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm) and flat vertical sides. The whetstone is rectangular in plan, with straight sides and one broken end. There are percussion marks at the faceted end and a large flake missing from the opposite end. Both sides and one face are flat and worn where they were used for sharpening and polishing metal. There are Devonian (Portscatho Formation) sandstones, potentially suitable for whetstones, on the coast between Loe Pool and Polurrian Cove in the northwest of the Lizard Peninsula. These extend along the Helford River to Mawnan and Rosemullion to the north of the findspot (Roger Taylor pers comm).
Christie (CAJ 27, 1988) illustrates similar worked pebble tools on pages 46 & 128, Figs.14 & 77, Nos.L19 & L74, excavated from a Bronze Age barrow cemetery on Davidstow Moor, Cornwall, which date from the Early to the Middle Bronze Age, c.2100-1500 BC. Jones & Taylor (2010) illustrate similar whetstones on page 129, Fig.66, Nos.505 & 703, excavated from Late Bronze Age contexts at Scarcewater, Cornwall, radio-carbon dated to c.1000-830 BC. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Cornwall | ||
| Date | between 2150 BC and 800 BC | ||
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FindID: 434169 Old ref: CORN-138FA4 Filename: Polcoverackfinds 029.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/321299 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/321299/recordtype/artefacts Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/434169 |
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