Information for record number MWA1848:
Findspot - Medieval wrought iron dagger

Summary Findspot - a dagger of Medieval date was found 800m north west of Red Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Fillongley
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 86
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 From the above grid reference. A wrought iron guillon dagger found in an uprooted hedgerow, February 1987. Blade 390 mm, handle and guillon 522 mm. Date 14th or 15th century.
3 The dagger is of wrought iron and complete. The blade length is exceptional for a dagger but still falls short of a true sword. The date is probably 15th century.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Dagger from Fillongley
Author/originator: Pickin J
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Note
Title: Medieval dagger found in Fillongley
Author/originator: Pickin J
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 30
Author/originator: Pickin J
Date: 1987
Page Number: 46
Volume/Sheet: 30
   
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source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument RED HILL * Iron Age or Roman coastal site producing salt by boiling of seawater in fired clay pans, resulting in characteristic mounds of 'BRIQUETAGE' (see Archaeological Objects Thesaurus). back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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