Information for record number MWA7916:
Findspot - Bronze Age large bronze dagger found east of Street Ashton

Summary Findspot - a dagger of Bronze Age date was found 200m north east of Street Ashton.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Middle Bronze Age (1600 BC - 1201 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Monks Kirby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 82
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A large dagger of ogival shape, with three rivets to handle. Early Bronze Age type, 1700-1500 BC, Wessex Type. This dagger may have come from a river eroded barrow. A similar dagger is recorded from Snowshill, Glos. which was found in a barrow with a spearhead, a bronze pin and a stone axe-hammer. Dimensions of dagger - length of blade 215mm; width (across butt in front of rivets) 68mm; thickness 3mm (max). Found very close to a stream, the Smite Brook. No acompanying finds.
2 Middle Bronze Age date given.
 
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Bibliographic reference
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Date: 1997
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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Glossary

 
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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 BARROW * Artificial mound of earth, turf and/or stone, normally constructed to contain or conceal burials. Use specific type where known. back
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 HAMMER * A machine in which a heavy block of metal is used for beating, breaking or driving something. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back

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