Information for record number MWA8926:
Prehistoric lithic working site

Summary A Prehistoric lithic working site. Over 2000 pieces of flint were recovered from this site. This may have been a flint knapping site as indicated by the large quantity of debitage, unfinished tools and cores.
What Is It?  
Type: Lithic Working Site
Period: Late Prehistoric - Late Iron Age (500000 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Chesterton and Kingston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A large flint scatter recovered during fieldwalking.
2 Over 2000 pieces of flint were recovered from this site. This may have been a flint knapping site as indicated by the larde quantity of debitage, unfinished tools and cores. Observation of large bolders of burnt clay may indicate a hearth at this site. The assemblage has not been looked at by an expert so there is no current date for the flint scatter.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: 'Roman Chesterton'
Author/originator: David Adams
Date: 2000
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Meeting with D Adams
Author/originator: D Adams
Date: 2001
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period Prehistoric About 500,000 BC to 42 AD

The Prehistoric period covers all the periods from the Palaeolithic to the end of the Iron Age.
This is a time when people did not write anything down so there is no documentary evidence for archaeologists to look at. Instead, the archaeologists look at the material culture belonging to the people and the places where they lived for clues about their way of life.

The Prehistoric period is divided into the Early Prehistoric and Later Prehistoric.
The Early Prehistoric period covers the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods.
The Later Prehistoric period covers Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age times.
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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument HEARTH * The slab or place on which a fire is made. back
monument FLINT SCATTER * A spatially discrete, though sometimes extensive, scatter of flint artefacts recovered from the surface, eg. by fieldwalking, rather than from a particular archaeological context. back
monument LITHIC WORKING SITE * A site which has produced evidence of in situ working of stone for the manufacture of tools, weapons or other objects. Such sites will usually, but not always, be of prehistoric date. Use object material where known. back

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