Information for record number MWA1130:
Findspot - undated bronze sword boss

Summary Findspot - a bronze boss from a sword of unknown date was found 550m south of Walton.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wellesbourne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A bronze boss was found at the same location as flint objects (PRN 1129) found while excavating for the bed of some ornamental water at Walton. The boss is cast with a cone. 'The curious reticulation and the fact of its having been cast in a peculiar manner, gives it an interest apart from its presumed antiquity'. It was found more than 1.5m deep. It is now the Warwickshire Archaeological Society. It was probably the handle of a dagger, and may be of no great antiquity.
2 The grid reference is sited in relation to 'The Lake'. Warwick Museum has no knowledge of this find.
3 Boss - for sword handle. In fair condition and complete. 0.46 cm long and 0.2m wide.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: PSA
Author/originator: Burgess J
Date: 1876
Page Number: 268
Volume/Sheet: 2:7
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator: WM
Date:
Page Number: A2
Volume/Sheet: Accession Card
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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source Antiquity Antiquity is a journal about archaeological research and is published four times each year. The journal includes articles about archaeology from all over the world, from the Palaeolithic to the present. Each issue includes an editorial, brief reports, current news in colour, research papers and notes, full review coverage of new archaeological books and occasional special sections on selected topics. back
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
source PSA Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. The Society of Antiquaries was founded in 1707 and received a Royal Charter in 1751. The aim of the society was to encourage the study of the antiquities and history of Britain and the rest of the world. The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries is a journal that is published anually. back
monument LAKE * A large body of water surrounded by land. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FAIR * A site where a periodical gathering of buyers, sellers and entertainers, meet at a time ordained by charter or statute or by ancient custom. 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

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