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Ed Cullinane

Archaeologists Discover 5,000-Year-Old Rock Used For Tool Sharpening

Earthfast Polissoir, Valley of Stones, Littlebredy, Dorset, England. Community archaeology group discovered polishing'stone used 5,000 years ago to sharpen tools. (JAMES D/ HISTORIC ENGLAND ARCHIVE/ SWNS)

A glossy “polishing” stone used 5,000 years ago to sharpen tools to be used in farming and building monuments like Stonehenge has been found. 

The natural boulder known as a polissoir has a dished shiny surface where it was used to polish stone axe heads.

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