Information for record number MWA10007:
Evidence of Mesolithic and Neolithic Flint industry in Hillmorton

Summary Evidence for flint tool production from apparently as early as the Mesolithic period, although all recovered flint tools are dated to the Neolithic to Bronze Age.
What Is It?  
Type: Lithic Working Site
Period: Early Mesolithic - Early Bronze Age (10000 BC - 2351 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 51 73
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 About 37 worked flints found in the Hillmorton area in 1988. The grid references given were : SP517730, SP51757308, SP517730 - 51657270, SP519732, SP52157314 and west, and SP 519731. The assemblage suggests a poor industry making use of the local river and glacial pebble flint. These finds are described as about 50% of the total found, and were selected as a general sample, and also as being most definite in their function. They were collected along field boundaries and a few metres into fields where growth was sparse; the fields were sown with cereals.
4 Neolithic to Bronze Age flints were recovered during field walking in 2011. The six worked pieces recovered included a straight edged scraper, flakes and a flake core.
5 A Bronze Age flint arrowhead was found in the ploughsoil during a watching brief in 2013.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Flints from Hillmorton
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1068
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1988
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Volume/Sheet: E/1068
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Rugby & Daventry Crematorium & Cemetery, Archaeological Field Walking Survey
Author/originator: Thomas J
Date: 2011
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Volume/Sheet: Report No 2011-154
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Archaeological Evaluation and Further Observations at the Rugby and Daventry Crematorium, 2013
Author/originator: Gethin B
Date: 2013
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Volume/Sheet: Report No 1333
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Field Walking Survey Archaeologists walk over an area, usually ploughed fields, and look for objects on the surface. This is called field walking. Archaeologists record the point on the ground where they find the objects. These points are then plotted on a map. If the map shows that a large number of objects were found in the same place, it can be evidence that an archaeological site exists there. For example, if a large number of fragments of roof tile and/or brick or stone are found in one place, it could mean that there used to be some sort of building there. See also field survey. back
period Mesolithic About 10,000 BC to 4001 BC

Mesolithic means 'Middle Stone Age'. It is the period that comes between the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age).

The Mesolithic period is a period of transition from the way people were living during the Palaeolithic period as hunter-gatherers to the development of farming in the Neolithic period.
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period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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period Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument CREMATORIUM * A building or site where bodies are burnt, and the ashes collected for burial or dispersal. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument LITHIC WORKING SITE * A site which has produced evidence of in situ working of stone for the manufacture of tools, weapons or other objects. Such sites will usually, but not always, be of prehistoric date. Use object material where known. back

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