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Findspot - Possible Bronze Age whetstone

Summary Findspot - a whetstone, thought to be of Bronze Age date, was found 400m south east of Bramcote Hospital.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Bronze Age (2600 BC - 601 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Burton Hastings
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 40 89
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A perforated whetstone found in 1976 on the surface of a ploughed field at Bramcote Hill. Length 6.8 cm, breadth 2.2 cm, maximum thickness 0.8 cm. Weight 24 grammes. Hourglass-perforated whetstone, worn smooth on both faces and down both lateral edges. The shape of the whetstone is slightly wasted, presumably through use. The raw material is a slate of grey-brown colour. Implements of this type have Bronze Age associations.
2 Figure.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Whetstone from Burton Hastings
Author/originator: Saville A
Date: 1976
Page Number: Fig 1
Volume/Sheet: 88
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 88
Author/originator: various
Date: 1978
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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 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
monument HOSPITAL * An establishment providing medical or surgical treatment for the ill or wounded. Use narrower term where possible. back

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