Whetstone

Description
Fine-textured stone, worked or unworked, with one or more facets with wear from sharpening metals.
Accession Loan No.
COR006
Collection Class
Stone object
Geology Rock Type
Greywacke (quartz-wacke)
Geology Mineral Class
Group XIX
Common Name
Whetstone
Simple Name
Whetstone
Full Name
Whetstone
Period Classification
Prehistoric
Production Year Low
-500000
Production Year High
43
Material
Stone
Collection Site Name
Carlean
National Grid Reference
SW 6440
Collection Parish
Camborne
Collection Town
Camborne
Collection County
Cornwall
Collection Country
United Kingdom
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collection Continent
Europe

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