Information for record number MWA1311:
Findspot - Bronze Age gold object near Wormleighton

Summary Findspot - a gold or bronze money ring dating to the Bronze Age was found in 1851 near Wormleighton.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Late Bronze Age (1200 BC - 601 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wormleighton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 44 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Marginal. Pennanular gold ring turned up by extra deep ploughing in a field at Wormleighton in 1851. Its weight is 10 pennyweights and nearly 17 grains and a half, and it is formed of a massive bar shaped into a perfect ring except for a small opening in one part of the circle. It is ornamented with circular rings, and in the author's opinion the ring was cast and the ornament chased out afterwards.
2 Found near site of a former mansion. It was not however found in association with building material. Probably a rather ornate example of Bronze Age 'ring-money'.
3 In Lockets Collection. Sold June 1955 to a collector whose name could not be divulged.
4 Gold on bronze core?
5 Note about the sale of the ring.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Numismatic Chronicle
Author/originator: Dickinson W
Date: 1851
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Volume/Sheet: 14
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 44NE
Author/originator: JMM
Date:
Page Number: 44NE
Volume/Sheet: Annotated Map
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Note
Title: Gold ring from Norman Leighton
Author/originator: J.P.
Date: 1985
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: TBAS vol 86
Author/originator: Thomas N
Date: 1974
Page Number: 21
Volume/Sheet: 86
   
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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
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back

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