Information for record number MWA1158:
Findspot - Mesolithic flint implement

Summary Findspot - a flint implement dating to the Mesolithic period was found 150m north of Stoneleigh Quarry Farm.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Early Mesolithic (10000 BC - 7001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Mancetter
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 95
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Flint found at the above grid reference. A bladelet - retouch along one side and opposite side one end of bulbar side of blade. Mesolithic type.
2 Noted.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WM
Author/originator: BC
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Bibliographic reference
Author/originator: Wykes G
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source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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