Information for record number MWA3675:
Findspot - Mesolithic flint axehead

Summary Findspot - a flint axehead dating to the Mesolithic period was found 700m north of Blackdown.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Blackdown
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 69
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A Mesolithic flint axehead from Blackdown brought into the Museum. This is a Mesolithic axehead. The end opposite the cutting edge is pointed rather like a pick. It is possible that it was used as a pick as well as an axe.
2 Catalogue description.
3 Photo of cast.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Mesolithic flint from Blackdown
Author/originator: Sunley H
Date: 2006
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1287
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1982
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: Accession Card
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Volume/Sheet: 4029
   
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Mesolithic axe from Blackdown
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Mesolithic About 10,000 BC to 4001 BC

Mesolithic means 'Middle Stone Age'. It is the period that comes between the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age).

The Mesolithic period is a period of transition from the way people were living during the Palaeolithic period as hunter-gatherers to the development of farming in the Neolithic period.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back

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