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Findspot - Bronze Age axehead in the parish of Curdworth

Summary Findspot - a Bronze Age axehead, known as a palstave, was found east of Curdworth.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Middle Bronze Age (1600 BC - 1201 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Curdworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 18 92
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A large bronze 'celt'.
2 Bronze palstave, unlooped, with shield pattern. Thomas gives a grid reference of SP1892.
3 The grid reference of SP 1692 is given, although it is unclear where this location comes from. If correct the find is actually from the West Midlands. It is also records that the axe is now in Birmingham Museum.
4 Correspondence confirming that the palstave is on permanent loan.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Axehead from Curdworth.
Author/originator: Vine P M
Date: 1985
Page Number: 177
Volume/Sheet: Neo and BA Cultures
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 49
Author/originator: Mitchell L
Date: 1923
Page Number: 76
Volume/Sheet: 49
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Palstave and axe found at Curdworth
Author/originator: Ruth Taylor, Deputy Keeper,City of Birmingham
Date: 1977
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 86
Author/originator: Thomas N
Date: 1974
Page Number: 32
Volume/Sheet: 86
   
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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 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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