Whetstone
Roughly half of a whetstone found by archaeologists in the remains of a farmhouse that was dated to between 1250-1350. One area of the farmhouse had been used to store crops and this area had caught fire preserving the crops as carbonised grains and seeds. The whetstone was found in this area. It was used to sharpen metal tools, presumably scythes and sickles.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 4/2018/10/2/2
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Cotswold Archaeology
- Material
- stone | | | |
- Common Name
- whetstone
- Simple Name
- whetstone
- Period Classification
- Medieval (1200-1500)
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
