File:Grindstone (illustrated by George Scott) (FindID 811170).jpg

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grindstone (illustrated by George Scott)
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Copyright retained by illustrator, George, 2016-10-25 21:44:18
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grindstone (illustrated by George Scott)
Description
English: A natural, unmodified beach cobble of uncertain date which has been used as a grinding stone or pestle. An elongated oval in plan and in profile, oval in section. Made from a greywacke sandstone beach cobble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP). An oval patch, 46 mm long and 24 mm wide, has been worn near the distal end of the left hand side, when viewing the ventral surface. The surface of this patch is worn through percussion and smoothed by rubbing, apparently when held at an angle in one hand.

The ventral surface of the stone is mottled reddish-brown and pale grey: the dorsal surface is grey-brown with striations of red-brown iron carbonate, with a narrow band of hard, cream-coloured inclusion forming a crusty protrusion from the surface.

Pestles with bevelled utilised edges, found at Scarcewater, Cornwall in Bronze Age contexts, are illustrated in Jones and Taylor (2010) on pages 122 & 129, figs.60 & 66, nos.236 & 622.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 4000 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 811170
Old ref: PUBLIC-FC3D1E
Filename: SMGS22.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/587735
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/587735/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/811170
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 2020-11-10)
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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