Slate.

[TeeDee]

I have unearthed a large ( 180 cm x 15cm x 2 cm ) slab of what I think is smoothed Slate.
It was buried in the ground and now , it is not.

I'm wondering if I can make something 'nice' from it.

Ideas?

 

[Toddy]

That's almost hearth sized. I wonder what use was orginally intended for it. It's awfully long for even a washstand. Narrow though...

If it's really clean and sound, then it could be scrubbed up thoroughly and used like a stone runner along a table to hold crudites, dips and the like. Fruits maybe ? It'll help keep them cold and it could be a nice feature.

Seperating into thin layers works well, but cutting down that length might not go so evenly.
I have a set of slate table mats somewhere, but they're not 180cm long Just a really odd size.

 

[Fadcode]

How deep was it buried?
without being morbid, and not knowing your exact location, they used to cover graves with slate slabs...............................Halloween

 

[Stew]

Sounds perfect for a little cup shelf. We had a wooden one of a similar size behind one of our sofas.

 

[demographic]

Its a fair sized mantlepiece anyway.

 

[TeeDee]

How deep was it buried?
without being morbid, and not knowing your exact location, they used to cover graves with slate slabs...............................Halloween

Not a grave. Honest Vicar.

 

[TeeDee]

Sounds perfect for a little cup shelf. We had a wooden one of a similar size behind one of our sofas.

Call me obtuse, but is a Cup shelf for literally putting cups on?

 

[TeeDee]

Its a fair sized mantlepiece anyway.

There are far large sections of the same elsewhere I've found that I'm squirreling away for an outside kitchen thing-jig..

 

[TLM]

I am not totally convinced on the idea putting cups on a stone slate, unless they are wooden.

 

[Nice65]

Call me obtuse, but is a Cup shelf for literally putting cups on?

That’s actually called a cupboard.

 

[Broch]

That’s actually called a cupboard.

Nah, that's for putting cups in

I would engrave a Celtic knot design on it and hang it vertically on the wall

 

[TeeDee]

Nah, that's for putting cups in

I would engrave a Celtic knot design on it and hang it vertically on the wall

As a soft skinned silver spoon southerner I'll just engraving a prancing unicorn puffing rainbows from its rear end.....



Oh . no - I forget - I'm 1/8th A Scot.

 

[Billy-o]

What kind of condition is it in now?

Thought it might be a bit of a pool table, but that make little sense. It could be architectural. There might be more in the ground if its the site of a demolition.

 

[Toddy]

I was just thinking about that. That size is a pantry shelf. If there are a lot more of them around, I reckon you've got a dairy or a pantry.

 

[TeeDee]

I was just thinking about that. That size is a pantry shelf. If there are a lot more of them around, I reckon you've got a dairy or a pantry.

Could have been a diary maybe - there is a giant ( relative ) slab just used as the standing area in the greenhouse.

I've lifted a few more all out of the ground but they are all screaming 'worktop' at me. - big , thick ,deep, chunky. Just like me.

 

[Toddy]

Can you access an older version of the map of your area ?

The OS lets you do that. I'm sure the link is on here somewhere.
Where though ?

Anyhow, if you can, you might find something that would give you more of a clue.
I think if they're worktop size then a dairy is very likely.

You lucky man That's a find and a half

 

[Toddy]

Okay, I've found 'a' link, but you'd need to footer around with it to make it relevant to your own area.....you can go back step by step on it though

Detailed Old Map of Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire (Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913)) Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire Co-ordinates 55.806994, -4.059801

Detailed Old Map of Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire (Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913)) Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire Archaeology UK (ARCHI UK): British Ordnance Survey Old map of archaeological Sites and local history near Bothwell Park Farm, South...

www.archiuk.com

 

[TeeDee]

Okay, I've found 'a' link, but you'd need to footer around with it to make it relevant to your own area.....you can go back step by step on it though

Detailed Old Map of Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire (Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913)) Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire Co-ordinates 55.806994, -4.059801

Detailed Old Map of Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire (Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913)) Bothwell Park Farm, South Lanarkshire Archaeology UK (ARCHI UK): British Ordnance Survey Old map of archaeological Sites and local history near Bothwell Park Farm, South...

www.archiuk.com

Thanks for that Toddy.
I've had a look and nothing noteworthy pops out at me.
The property is beside what would have been an old Ford in a rural farming community between two country estates - so a diary of some sort is quite possible I guess.

 

[Billy-o]

I was just thinking about that. That size is a pantry shelf. If there are a lot more of them around, I reckon you've got a dairy or a pantry.

Could be a lintel or some other part of a doorway ... too narrow to cantilver into the wall or for a sill

Too small for a water trough too ... given your mention of a ford. Though if you find some more you may have the makings of rather nice planter

 

[Nice65]

Thanks for that Toddy.
I've had a look and nothing noteworthy pops out at me.
The property is beside what would have been an old Ford in a rural farming community between two country estates - so a diary of some sort is quite possible I guess.

If it was noteworthy you’d write it in your diary.