Record Details

NHER Number:17718
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Saxon or medieval stone find

Summary

A Late Saxon or medieval whetstone was found on the surface in 1981.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 960 879
Map Sheet:TL98NE
Parish:ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1981 or before. Surface find.
Honestone. Subrectangular section, with V-shaped sharpening groove down one broad face. Maximum length 10.5cm, maximum width 3cm, maximum thickness 0.8cm. Material is blue phyllite.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU), October 1981.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • WHETSTONE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • WHETSTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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