Information for record number MWA4957:
Mesolithic flint scatter

Summary Findspot - a scatter of flint implements of Mesolithic date was found 600m south east of Butler End.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot, Flint Scatter
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Packington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 84
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Mesolithic flint scatter found. 'This field is the most prolific in the county but the farmer denies anyone access to it.'
2 This is closely associated with PRN 1787.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Plan
Title: Plan
Author/originator: Waite B
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
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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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. 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

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