Context (Analysis)
Thomas Charles Lethbridge suggest that they may have been used as hones for putting a new point on bone and iron pins
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
R.A. Smith, B[ritish] M[useum] G[uide] p 163, Figure 215, figures similar stone from Uppland, Sweden, and says 'it is clear that they were used with iron strike-a-lights for producing fire. They belong to the period 300 - 500 A.D.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Acquisition Details)
Received in exchange from Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm.
Event Date 1925
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Accession Register gives Period as 'Epoque des Invasions'
Event Date 1925
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Flat oval stone (quartzite). A broad, shallow groove runs all round (probably for a thong, to attach stone to belt); narrow groove in the two broad faces, about 1.5" long, not quite parallel to the long axis of the stone. Faint traces of iron rust are visible round about these grooves.
Event Date 1925
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Flat oval stone tool, possibly a strike-a-light or hone. Roughly oval shaped, with concave sides and flat faces, and a horizontal groove in each flat face. Polished surfaces with some chips.
Event Date 24/4/2024
Author: Esther Laver