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Whetstone
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from Kildonan, Eigg, Inner Hebrides
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This stone whetstone was found at Kildonan on Eigg in the Inner Hebrides in a man's grave. He was buried between 900 and 950 with some expensive textiles, a spear, an axe, an elaborate buckle, and other grave goods characteristic of Viking burials.
The small whetstone is a bit chipped on one end, but otherwise well preserved.
Whetstones were used to sharpen tools and weapons. They occur in a number of shapes and sizes. Some stones were particularly favoured, and traded widely in the Viking world. They occur in graves of both men and women.
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- Online ID: 000-000-099-815-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
Kiloran Bay Viking Burial (multimedia essay)
Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland X.IL 162
- Date: Between 900 and 950
- Material: Stone; small
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- Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, Eigg
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- Description: Whetstone from Eigg
- References:
- Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, p 84.
- Grieg, Sigurd. Viking Antiquities in Scotland (=Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, ed. by Haakon Shetelig). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1940, p 66.
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