Granite (SE.11.0004)

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

Sweden; Kalmar län / Jönköpings län / Kronoberg län

Region

Småland

Supposed site(s) of provenance

Additional information

interpreted as a glacial erratic collected from cobble beaches in the Baltoscandian area; geologically the rock originates from the Småland region in southern Sweden

Natural color

red; grey; black

Aged color

Components

eye-catching blue or bluish-grey quartz crystals and red K -feldspars; pockets of black ferromagnesian minerals (biotite-hornblende)

Texture

graphic texture of small quartz crystals

Structure

Weathering

Diagnostic features

red groundmass and feldspars; rounded bluish quartz grains

Additional information

Sample type

Tool

Artefact information

ballast stone, sample number Ho-55

Inventory number

SE.11.0004

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.