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Description: | A probable stone tool, period unknown.The stone is sub-rectangular in shape, with one short edge slightly curving due to wear. Its dimensions are 113mm in length, 46mm in width narrowing to 42mm in width at the worn edge, and 14mm in thickness narrowing down to 2mm thickness at the worn edge.The stone is a very dense and heavy igneous rock. It is a muddy red-brown in colour with a smoothed outer cortex. The cortex covers approximately 40% of the stone with uneven distribution on all faces.The stone has been shaped due to regular and/or constant use, and it fits comfortably in the hand. The object could have served a number of functions, such as a hand-axe, whet stone, scraper, or smoother. The shape of its worn, 'working' edge suggests a scraping or smoothing motion formed it. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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