Information for record number MWA4586:
Mesolithic flint scatter

Summary A flint scatter of Mesolithic date, made up of various types of flint artefacts, was found 300m north east of Wagstaff Farm.
What Is It?  
Type: Flint Scatter, Findspot
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Fillongley
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 89
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Mesolithic. Field survey in 1978 revealed waste cores from which artefacts had been flaked until the core was too small to facilitate further striking, waste flakes, microliths, wasters of the micro-burin type, blades and scrapers concentrated in this area. Part of the immediate area has been destroyed by industrial developments and pasture fields in the area prevented a full survey.
2 Listed. No further details.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Note
Title: Finds from Mr Fretwell
Author/originator: Hingley, Dr R., WM
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMANS no 21
Author/originator: Fretwell L and Wykes G
Date: 1978
Page Number: 37
Volume/Sheet: 21
   
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source WMANS West Midlands Archaeological News Sheet, a publication that was produced each year, this later became West Midlands Archaeology. The West Midlands Arcaheological News Sheet contains reports about archaeological work that was carried out in the West Midlands region in the previous year. It includes information about sites dating from the Prehistoric to the Post Medieval periods. It was produced the Department of Extramural Studies at Birmingham University. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Field Survey The term ‘field survey’ is used to describe all work that does not disturb archaeological deposits below the ground through an excavation. Field survey techniques involve recording measurements that help archaeologists draw plans or diagrams of archaeological features. There are a variety of different field survey techniques, including geophysical survey, building recording survey, field walking survey, landscape survey and earthwork survey. 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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PASTURE * A field covered with herbage for the grazing of livestock. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. 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 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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