Information for record number MWA7138:
Findspot - Bronze Age Palstave Fragment, north of Brownsover

Summary Findspot - a fragment of a Bronze Age palstave, a type of axehead, was found 1km north of Brownsover.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Middle Bronze Age (1600 BC - 1201 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Churchover
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 50 78
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A Bronze Age palstave fragment, splayed blade only. The lack of a mid-rib and the flared cutting edge suggest an early Middle Bronze Age date.
2 An illustration is included with this enquiry form.
3 Middle Bronze Age date given.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 3014
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1993
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3014
   
Source No: 3
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 WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed 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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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