The Iron Age
Craft and Industry
Whetstone, High Kelton Farm, Camp Hill, Trohoughton
- Period:
- Iron Age
- Description:
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Found by a Major General Scott-Elliot in 1960 at Camp Hill, Trohoughton, this whetstone is a typical example of the type. Whetstones, made of stone, were used for the sharpening of knives. Fine grained with a long rectangular shape, with one complete long side lost (exposing a rough fractured surface) this whetstone has softly rounded edges and ends.
This whetstone was found at Camphill, a hill fort defended by two stone faced ramparts and steep ditches. When it was excavated in 1960 the remains of timber buildings were found inside the ramparts.
- Place of Discovery:
- High Kelton Farm, Camp Hill, Trohoughton
- Materials/Media:
- stone
- Dimensions:
- length: 144 mm width: 28 mm
- Source:
- Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
- Accession number:
- DUMFM:1960.76.1
- Digital Number:
- RPD0313
- RCAHMS site record:
- Camp hill, Troughton
- References:
- SCOTT-ELLIOT, Major General J ; SIMPSON, D D A "Excavations at Camp Hill, Trohoughton, Dumfries".TDGNHAS, 1964. Third series, Volume 41, pp125-134.
