Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

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HONES
2952 SF LWC 207. A33 F18. Pit. 13th century. Fragment of a hone of
rectangular section. Maximum dimensions 26.5 by 18.0 mm. Length
(incomplete) 54.5 mm. Calcareous sandstone with ostracods and a few
mica flakes.
2954 SF LWC 4086. H201. Surface cleaning. Roman?/Anglo-Saxon?/post-
medieval? Fragment of a hone of oval section. Maximum dimensions
24.0 by 18.0 mm. Length (incomplete) 72.5 mm. Glauconitic micaceous
calcareous sandstone with carbonised plant fragments. similar to Ryegate
stone from the Upper Greensand. Possibly post-Roman.
2955 SF LWC 2358. J200 F99. Flue?? for lime pit F16. Medieval. Fragment of
a hone of rectangular section. Maximum dimensions 27.0 by 15.0 mm.
Length (incomplete) 43.0 mm. Calcareous sandstone with ostracods and a
few mica flakes. Possibly post-Roman.
2957a SF LWC 2987. L317 F184. Stakehole. Period 4(2), Fragment of a hone of
oval section. Maximum dimensions 25.5 by 14.5 mm. Length (incomplete)
60.0 mm. Calcareous sandstone with ostracods and a few mica flakes.
2958 SF LWC 3314. L409. Make-up/dump. Period 3b. Fragment of a rectangular
section hone. apparently used at its new length as one surface is
concave. with the lowest point at the present centre of the length. and
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the broken edge is slightly abraded. Maximum dimensions 31.5 by 25.5 mm.
Maximum length 60.0 mm. Calcareous sandstone with ostracods and a few
mica flakes.
2959 SF BKC 2153. E1318 L1. Modern. Fragment of a hone of rectangular
section. Maximum dimensions 28.5 by 16.0 mm. Length (incomplete)
56.0 mm. The broken end is abraded. Calcareous sandstone with