whetstone
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Description
Summary: 1 small Bronze Age whetstone with a deep groove and a rounded back so can be easily held in the hand, from Roundway Barrow 6 (G5b), Roundway, Wiltshire.
Research results
One of three grooved stones excavated by William Cunnington from eastern mound of a conjoined bowl barrow (Roundway G5b) in the 1850s. The stones were found with the primary cremation of the barrow, along with barbed and tanged arrowheads, a dagger and its sheath, an antler handle and other objects. The stone is a local or regional sandstone, and would have been too soft to be used as a whetstone, however it would have been suitable for sharping arrow shafts and other wood or bone objects.
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