E34 Mica Schist Whetstone
Date12th - 13th Century
Object NameWhetstone
Mediummica schist
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsOverall: Length: 278 mm, Width: 12-42 mm, Thickness: 28 mm
AcquisitionTransferred from Historic Scotland.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS034218
About MeSite number: E34
Site name: Gallowgate Middle School
Small find number: N/A
Context number: 84
Trench number: 2
Feature number: CT
Phase number: 2
Catalogue number: 458 (Aberdeen: An In-depth View of the City's Past)
This smoothed stone was used as a whetstone or hone stone to sharpen metal tools. It is made of local fine-grained quartz-mica schist with a few large mica flakes.
Qing Dynasty, possibly 19th century
Qing Dynasty, possibly 19th century
James Cromar Watt
Qing Dynasty, 18th - 19th century
