Information for record number MWA6319:
Mesolithic flint axe from Norton Lindsey area

Summary Findspot - a flint axe, dating to the Mesolithic period, was found near Norton Lindsey.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Snitterfield
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A ?Mesolithic flint axe. Found in 1988. It was found in a ploughed field while walking on a footpath between SP2160 and SP2061. The finder did not notice any associated finds. The axe is made from cherty flint coloured cream, orange-brown and light brown in patches. Dimensions are: length 12.6cm, max width 5.9cm, max thickness 2.3cm.
2 Photograph.
3 Dating confirmed as Mesolithic.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Mesolithic axe from Norton Lindsey
Author/originator: Watson P
Date: 1988
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Flint axehead
Author/originator: Watson P
Date: 1988
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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Glossary

 
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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 FOOTPATH * A path for pedestrians only. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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