Granite (FI.11.0003)

Find location

Site type

Consumption site

Location

Belgium; West-Vlaanderen; Damme

Site name

Hoeke

Excavation or Survey Team

Prof. Dr. Wim De Clercq and Dr. Roland Dreesen

Additional contextual information

Provenance

Location

Finland

Supposed site(s) of provenance

Additional information

interpreted as a glacial erratic collected from cobble beaches in the Baltoscandian area; probably geologically originates from south(-western) Finland; more particular the Åland archipelago

Natural color

red brown; pale red; pink; black

Aged color

Components

conspicuous thin black rims of hornblende crystals surround the dark grey ('smoky') rounded quartz crystals, next to large rounded pink alkali feldspar crystals

Texture

Structure

Weathering

Diagnostic features

black rims of hornblende crystals that surround the dark grey quartz crystals

Additional information

Sample type

Tool

Artefact information

ballast stone, sample number Ho-53

Inventory number

FI.11.0003

Collection

Archaeological Department, Ghent University

Donating institute/person

Host collection

Other samples available

No

Sample collection method

Archaeological Field Survey

De Clercq et al. 2017

Full reference

De Clercq W., Dreesen  R., Dumolyn J., Leloup W. & Tracht J. 2017. Ballasting the Hanse: Baltoscandian erratic cobbles in the Later Medieval port landscape of Bruges. European Journal of Archaeology 20, 4: 710-736.

Dreesen & De Clercq 2020

Full reference

Dreesen  R. & De Clercq W. 2020. Ballaststenen en hun rol in het voormalige middeleeuwse Brugse havenlandschap. In: De Kock T., De Ceukelaire M. & Van der Star C. (Eds.). Pracht en Praal, 7e Vlaams-Nederlandse natuursteendagen, 12-13 maart 2020, Antwerpen. Professional Papers of the Geological Survey of Belgium, 318: 7-18.