Findspot -flint scatter south of Tower Hill, Bidford on Avon.

Description of this historic site

Findspot - various flint artefacts dating to between the Mesolithic and the Bronze Age date were found in the area south of Tower Hill, Bidford on Avon.

Notes about this historic site

1 Flint artefacts – a knife and a scraper of Neolithic and Bronze Age date found on Tower Hill in, or before 1983.
2 Three struck flints found in 1986 at SP108522.
3 Six pieces of worked flint found in 1986 at SP108521.
6 Thirty one worked flints were found in 1990 at SP108522. They included a scraper, a borer, another possible borer and a transverse arrowhead.
7 Thirty nine flakes were found in 1989 at SP108521. There were twenty nine probab;e waste flakes, a blade with a retouched edge, a Neolithic projectile point, a Neolithic end scraper, a possible small core fragment, a possible arrowhead broken during production and a Neolithic scraper.
8 A waste flake and a crudely worked Neolithic flake were found in 1989 at SP107520.
9 Twenty six worked flints were found in 1990 at SP108512.
10 Flaked flint Neolithic knife found in 1991 at SP108521.
11 Two Neolithic side scrapers and two waste flakes were found in 1990 at SP108522.
12 Ten flints were found in 1989 at SP107520. Two were natural, one was waste, and there was one knife with retouched edge, one borer or point, one flake with some retouching, one scraper, one unidentified tool, one possible arrowhead, one possible tranchet or broad ended arrowhead. Some of the items were identified as dating from the Neolithic.
13 Twelve flints were reported in 1989 from SP110520. Seven were natural, four were waste flakes, and there was a flake with two retouched edges.
14 Two struck flakes and two blades were found in 1991 at SP108522.
15 A blade and a struck flake, both identified as Neolithic, were found in 1991 at SP108522.
16 Five flints, of which one was natural and the rest waste flakes, were found in 1989 at SP108521.
17 Three worked flints of which one was possibly a Neolithic boring tool were found in 1989 at SP108521.
18 Two side scrapers identified as Neolithic, were found in 1993 at Barton Crossroads.
19 A small chipped and polished axe, identified as Neolithic in date, was found in 1992 at SP10855210. Illustration attached to the enquiry form.
20 Flint side scraper, two retouched edges, Neolithic.
21 Drawing of 1.
22 A worked flake was found in 1989 at SP108521. Neolithic and probably a side scraper.
23 Waste flakes were found in 1989 at SP110520.
24 Two waste flakes found of which one had a possible secondary edge working.
25 Dating of thei smonument revised from between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age to between the Mesolithic and the Bronze Age.
26 Neolithic struck flake found in 1991 at SP108512.
27 A small core from which three flakes appear to have been removed, and a struck flake were found in 1991 at SP10655210.
28 Barbed and tanged arrowhead found in 1991 at SP108522. Identified by the Museum at the time as Neolithic/ Bronze Age.
29 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 2000-07-31T23:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector

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