Allen, J. R L. (2016). A whetstone from south-east England at Newstead, Melrose (Trimontium): the reach of a major Roman stone industry. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 146. Vol 146, pp. 113-119. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.146.1216. Cite this via datacite
| Title: | A whetstone from south-east England at Newstead, Melrose (Trimontium): the reach of a major Roman stone industry | |||||||||||
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| Issue: | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 146 | |||||||||||
| Series: | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | |||||||||||
| Volume: | 146 | |||||||||||
| Page Start/End: | 113 - 119 | |||||||||||
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| Abstract: | James Curle found at Newstead near Melrose an unusual whetstone of bar-shaped design, with rebates on the long edges, that is now on public display at the National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh). It is made from a greenish-grey, calcareous, very fine-grained sandstone, attributable to sandstones in the Weald Clay Formation (Lower Cretaceous) outcropping in the Weald of south-east England. Carefully manufactured whetstones produced by a large business in this area occur throughout most of Roman Britain and are also found on the coastal mainland of north-west Europe. The Newstead example is the northernmost of its products known on a spatially exponential distribution of sites. | |||||||||||
| Year of Publication: | 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Created Date: | 23 Nov 2017 |
