{"id":2246,"date":"2025-06-30T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:35:15","slug":"whetstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/whetstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Whetstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Whetstone<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/whetstone\/wetstone_1158343\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wetstone_1158343.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wetstone_1158343\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Whetstone&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Whetstone&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wetstone_1158343-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2147\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wetstone_1158343-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Whetstone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wetstone_1158343-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wetstone_1158343-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wetstone_1158343-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wetstone_1158343.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Found when field walking near to where Early Medieval finds had previously been recovered this little whetstone has been dated from AD 800-1400. Very similar items have been recovered from Viking York and would have been worn on a strap.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1158343\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1158343<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Whetstone Found when field walking near to where Early Medieval finds had previously been recovered this little whetstone has been dated from AD 800-1400. 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