Whetstone
- Description
- Whetstones were used to sharpen the blades of metal tools and weapons. This one was found at a site on Dean Moor in Devon.
- Accession Loan No.
- 44/1957/101
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Common Name
- whetstone
- Simple Name
- bead
- Full Name
- bead fragment
- Period Classification
- Bronze Age (2600-700 BC); Iron Age (800 BC-43 AD)
- Family Group
- Material
- carnelian
- Collection Site Name
- Dean Moor
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
