Information for record number MWA4952:
Findspot - Bronze Age gold object in the area of Mancetter

Summary Findspot - a pennaular ring ('ring money') gold object which was of Bronze Age date was found in the area of Mancetter.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Late Bronze Age (1200 BC - 601 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Mancetter
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 90
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Ring money from Mancetter. It belongs to the Late Bronze Age and probably came from Ireland.
2 Probably solid gold. Weight 139 grammes. LBA
3 Noted.
4 Noted.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Brit M
Author/originator: Smith R A
Date: 1920
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Guide to Antiquities
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title:
Author/originator: Vine P M
Date: 1982
Page Number: 204
Volume/Sheet: The Neolithic and Br
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 86
Author/originator: Thomas N
Date: 1974
Page Number: 32
Volume/Sheet: 86
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: PCNHSS vol 1 no 9
Author/originator: Shotton F W
Date: 1938
Page Number: 191
Volume/Sheet: 1: 9
   
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Glossary

 
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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

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