Information for record number MWA5763:
Neolithic possible Ring Ditch and Pottery

Summary A ring ditch dating to the Neolithic period which was partly excavated. It was situated 250m west of Kisses Barn Farm.
What Is It?  
Type: Ring Ditch
Period: Neolithic (4000 BC - 2201 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Polesworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 27 02
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Part of a possible Neolithic ring ditch was excavated during an archaeological evaluation carried out by the Warwickshire Museum on land at Kisses Barn Farm, Polesworth, in October 1992 (EWA 847). Decorated sherds of Peterborough ware recoverd from a feature in the vicinity of the possible ring ditch.
2 Dating confirmed as Neolithic.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Kisses' Barn Farm, Polesworth, Warwickshire Archaeological Evaluation
Author/originator: Palmer S
Date: 1992
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. 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
monument RING DITCH * Circular or near circular ditches, usually seen as cropmarks. Use the term where the function is unknown. Ring ditches may be the remains of ploughed out round barrows, round houses, or of modern features such as searchlight emplacements. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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