Information for record number MWA4592:
Mesolithic finds from Purley Park

Summary Findspot - flint implements dating to the Mesolithic period were found in Purley Park.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 96
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Mesolithic finds from Purley Park, including 4 cores, 48 unretouched blades and flakes, 3 scrapers and 1 microlith. Now in Birmingham and Cambridge Museums.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites
Author/originator: Wymer J J
Date: 1977
Page Number: 329
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. 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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