Limestone (GB.24.0005)

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Site type

Consumption site

Location

Belgium; West-Vlaanderen; Damme

Site name

Monnikerede

Excavation or Survey Team

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

Additional contextual information

Provenance

Location

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; North Yorkshire

Supposed site(s) of provenance

e.g. Filey, Old Quay Rocks

Additional information

probably originate from the eastern coast of England (North Yorkshire), where they may have been picked up on the beach along the cliffs of the Old Quay Rocks of the Filey Headland, South of Scarborough

Natural color

orange yellow; grey; white

Aged color

Components

large, thick-shelled mollusks (pelecypods); important porosity

Texture

very coarse; accumulation of thick-shelled mollusks

Structure

Weathering

affected by marine bioerosion

Diagnostic features

thick-shelled pelecypods

Additional information

pictures of sawn sides show both dry and wet surface

Sample type

Tool

Artefact information

ballast stone, sample number MON-17

Inventory number

GB.24.0005

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.