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Findspot - Mesolithic flint

Summary Findspot - various flint artefacts dating to the Mesolithic period were found 650m south of the church at Shottery.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 18 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Microliths found in Hathaway Lane. The finder indicated the findspot in his garden at the above grid reference. He also said that the flints were classified at the British Museum and that the pick of the finds are at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
2 Eight cores, one scraper, one microlith and nine other flints.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Gazetteer of Mesolithic Flints
Author/originator: Wymer J J
Date: 1977
Page Number: 330
Volume/Sheet: Gazetteer of Mesolit
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. 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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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back

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