honestone

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Description

Summary: Fragment of whetstone or hone stone with one rounded edge and several knife score marks. Made of fine sandstone. From fieldwork undertaken by the WANHS Archaeology Field Group at Cumberwell, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire 2008-2010.

Research results

A whetstone fragment found during the Wiltshire Archaeology Field Group excavation of the Roman settlement site at Cumberwell, Bradford-on-Avon, 2008-2010. Unfortunately, the paper archive of the excavation has been lost and the site has not been published except for preliminary analyses of the excavated and field walked finds. From these and geophysical survey results the site can be identified as an agricultural settlement of relatively low wealth, although with substantial stone-built structures.

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