Information for record number MWA2343:
Findspot - undated object

Summary Findspot - an object of unknown date which may be an axehead or a plough paddle. It was found 100m south west of the church at Whichford.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Whichford
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 34
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Additionally the axe head could be Iron Age.
2 The object could be a Post Medieval plough paddle or plough staff or a weeding staff of Roman to Medieval date.
3 An axehead found in a garden in Whichford, some time during 1982.
4 Drawing of the axehead.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Object found in Whichford
Author/originator: Sherratt A G
Date: 1982
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Whichford
Author/originator: Maclagan H M
Date: 1983
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Iron object found in Whichford
Author/originator: Rhodes J
Date: 1982
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Object found in Whichford
Author/originator:
Date: 1982
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Glossary

 
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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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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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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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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 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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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