A whetstone from south-east England at Newstead, Melrose (Trimontium)
The reach of a major Roman stone industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11006477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J R L Allen (0000-0002-4876-0872, University of Reading, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 146 |
| Pages | 113-119 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0081-1564 • E-ISSN: 2056-743X |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.9750/psas.146.1216 |
| OpenAlex | W2769327909 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
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
Archaeology · Cretaceous · Geography · Mainland · Outcrop · Geology · Historical and Literary Studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |