Description

Summary: 1 whetstone of micacious sandstone, grooved on 3 sides, found with primary deposit (no burial) in the bronze age bowl barrow, Collingbourne Kingston G4, excavated by William Cunnington

Research results

A Bronze Age grooved stone found with a primary deposit in bowl barrow Collingbourne Kingston G4 when it was excavated by William Cunnington in the 19th century. The stone and other objects, including a copper chisel and its bone handle, were not buried with a body or cremation. These stones are often too hard to be used as whetstones, and may have been used in shaping wood and bone tools. This stone is made of a local ferruginous sandstone.