Information for record number MWA313:
Prehistoric flint scatter, Great Packington.

Summary Prehistoric flint scatter including a barbed and tanged arrowhead, cores and scrapers, which may indicate a settlement or working site, were found 300m south of Warren Farm.
What Is It?  
Type: Flint Scatter
Period: Early Neolithic - Iron Age (4000 BC - 701 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Packington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 84
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Finds of quantities of flint, perhaps indicating a working or occupation site. The finds were approximately 600 yds NE of Springpools. Shotton illustrates and lists the following artefact types from this site: disc, core-chisel, core-scraper, flat round-scraper, domed round-scraper, flake scraper, awl, barbed and tanged arrowhead and microlith.
2 The barbed and tanged arrowhead is described further. A poor piece of flint has been used and has been shaped into a core of triangular cross section and one end has been trimmed to form an arrowhead. Two deep cup-like scars at the bottom have differentiated the barbs from the tang. It looks as if a blow was then struck at the point end with the intention of detaching the complete flake, but this only succeeded in crumbling the point and the half finished arrowhead was thrown away.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: PCDNHSS
Author/originator: Shotton F W
Date: 1958
Page Number: 53-4
Volume/Sheet: 3:2
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: PCDNHSS
Author/originator: Shotton F W
Date: 1933
Page Number: 65-71
Volume/Sheet: 1:4
   
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Glossary

 
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period Prehistoric About 500,000 BC to 42 AD

The Prehistoric period covers all the periods from the Palaeolithic to the end of the Iron Age.
This is a time when people did not write anything down so there is no documentary evidence for archaeologists to look at. Instead, the archaeologists look at the material culture belonging to the people and the places where they lived for clues about their way of life.

The Prehistoric period is divided into the Early Prehistoric and Later Prehistoric.
The Early Prehistoric period covers the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods.
The Later Prehistoric period covers Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age times.
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period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument OCCUPATION SITE * A site showing some signs of occupation but evidence is insufficient to imply permanent settlement. back
monument FLINT SCATTER * A spatially discrete, though sometimes extensive, scatter of flint artefacts recovered from the surface, eg. by fieldwalking, rather than from a particular archaeological context. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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