Information for record number MWA9639:
Finds recovered during fieldwalking of land adjacent to Longbridge Island, Warwick

Summary Fieldwalking recovered worked flints, Romano-British pottery, a possibly Anglo-Saxon bead fragment, medieval pottery and post-medieval pottery. The site to the south of the M40, SE of the Longbridge Island.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Early Mesolithic - Post-medieval (10000 BC - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 62
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A programme of fieldwalking recovered 14 worked flints, 2 sherds of Romano-British pottery, 1 sherd of medieval pottery, 2 sherds of post-medieval pottery and a possibly Anglo-Saxon black bead fragment. The site lay on the south side of the M40, south east of the Longbridge Island.
2 Flints dated to between the Mesolithic and the Bronze Age.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Archaeological Evaluation of Land Adjacent to Longbridge Island, Warwick
Author/originator: Palmer S
Date: 2002
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 0245
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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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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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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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument ISLAND * A piece of land, sometimes man-made, completely surrounded by water. back

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