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Description: | Elvan or fine-grained granite whetstone or rubbing stone, semi-circular in plan, rectangular in profile and tear-shaped in section. The length of one side of the stone has been smoothed and flattened by continuous use, probably sharpening a metal blade. The opposite side is also worked and worn, but has an area that is slightly recessed, which may be a result of the pitting of the surface over time. The base of the stone is also slightly hollowed and may have been used as a rubbing stone, to grind grain, rather than blades, initially, and then when it broke in half, it was re-used as a whetstone.Nowakowski (1991) illustrates a similar whetstone from Trethellan, Newquay on page 149, Fig.62, No.99, which is dated to the Bronze Age. Ashbee (1999) illustrates a similar example of a utilised elvan beach pebble, worked on three sides, from Halangy Down on page 101, Fig.48, No.15, which is likely to be Iron Age or Romano-British period in date.
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