Information for record number MWA9361:
Farnborough Flints

Summary Findspot - six flints including a barbed and tanged arrowhead were found near Farnborough.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Early Neolithic - Iron Age (4000 BC - 700 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Farnborough
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 49
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Barbed and tanged arrowhead. (19mm x 16mm), bifacial, both tangs broken. Flake of grey flint with a remnant cortex and blunting retouching along one edge. Four flint flakes; scrapper/knife, remnant cortex, thermal piece reused as core, flake struck from core.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Farnborough flints
Author/originator:
Date: 1987
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Glossary

 
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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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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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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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