Information for record number MWA9866:
Stray find of bronze item in Over Whitacre.

Summary Stray find of a toy cannon from the Post Imperial period in the Monwode Lea area.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Post-medieval - Industrial (1540 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Fillongley
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 91
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Find of a toy cannon by a metal detectorist in 1997. Grid reference given of SP268915.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 3941
Author/originator:
Date: 1997/8
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3941
   
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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 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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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument CANNON * A large mounted gun, now disused and placed in a prominent position as a piece of street furniture or as a "feature". back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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