MEDIAEVAL HONESTONES AND STONE MORTARS FROM THE 1970-76 EXCAVATIONS AT CASTLE RISING, NORFOLK.
Author(s): D F Williams
Identification of Mediaeval honestones and stone mortars. Thirteen of the honestones were of Norwegian Ragstone originating from central southern Norway; one was of chert, probably from the local Cretaceous; and another was made from a quartz-mica sandstone of unknown provenance. There were three mortars. One probably of Lincolnshire Limestone, another probably of Purbeck marble, while the third was of a fine-grained limestone of unknown provenance.
- Report Number:
- 7/1989
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 5
- Keywords:
- Stone
