Sandstone (SE.22.0001)

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

Supposed site(s) of provenance

Additional information

Interpreted as a glacial erratic collected from cobble beaches in the Baltoscandian area; the geological provenance is situated in the Kalmarsund region (=a strait in the Baltic Sea, located between the Swedish mainland and the Swedish island of Öland). Another alternative provenance is Estonia.

Natural color

beige with purple-red streaks

Aged color

Components

quartz; hematite

Texture

medium- to fine-grained

Structure

displaying angular cross-bedding, whose foresets are impregnated with purplish iron and manganese oxides;

Weathering

Diagnostic features

crossbedding; accentuation of bedding by purplish red colors

Additional information

Sample type

Tool

Artefact information

ballast stone, sample number Ho-40

Inventory number

SE.22.0001

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.