Information for record number MWA6050:
Findspot - Neolithic stone axes

Summary Findspot - several flint axes were found within Oldbury Camp, 100m north of Oldbury.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Neolithic (4000 BC - 2201 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Hartshill
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 94
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 On the N part of the fort 'diverse flint stones', about 10cm in length and polished have been found during ploughing.
3 Dugdale's implement was a Neolithic flint or stone axe. Dugdale records it as flint, but stone is more probable. One was also found one there many years ago, although this is now lost.
4 Noted.
5 Dating confirmed as Neolithic.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Antiquities of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Dugdale W
Date: 1730
Page Number: 1056
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Antiq of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Dugdale W
Date: 1730
Page Number: 1081
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 86
Author/originator: Thomas N
Date: 1974
Page Number: 32
Volume/Sheet: 86
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 58
Author/originator: Shotton F W
Date: 1934
Page Number: 43-4
Volume/Sheet: 58
   
Source No: 5
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 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 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 STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FORT * A permanently occupied position or building designed primarily for defence. back

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