Information for record number MWA5084:
Findspot - Bronze Age flint arrowhead

Summary Findspot - a Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead was found 340m east of Saxon Mill Weir, just north of Warwick. The arrowhead was of the barbed and tanged type.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Bronze Age (2600 BC - 601 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Old Milverton
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 67
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 1987. A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead located during fieldwork.
2 A complete barbed and tanged arrowhead (Green Low type).
3 Find description.
4 Dating confirmed as Bronze Age.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WM
Author/originator: McKay A
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Field Survey Form
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Bibliographic reference
Author/originator: Pickin J
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 30
Author/originator: Pickin J
Date: 1987
Page Number: 46
Volume/Sheet: 30
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at 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 FIELDWORK * A usually temporary earthwork or fortification, the latter constructed by military forces operating in the field. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WEIR * A dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or river designed to retain the water and to regulate its flow. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back

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