Whetstone

Details

• Title

  Whetstone

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Vale of the White Horse › Fernham (find spot)

• Date

  Neolithic - Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 4000 - c. 800 cal. BC)

• Material and technique

  stone

• Material index

  inorganic › stone

• Object type

  tool/implement › sharpener › whetstone

• Dimensions

  3.7 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm (length x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mr. Arthur Dennis Passmore, 1955.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1969.243

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