Findspot - Neolithic to Bronze Age flint, Bidford on Avon.

Description of this historic site

Findspot -two pieces of worked flint of possible Mesolithic date but many from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages were found in the area east of Grafton Lane, Bidford on Avon.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Find made in 1986: Broken flint blade with edge retouch; knife or sickle blade for composite sickle.
2 Finds made in 1987: Three flakes and one blade. Only one of the flakes has retouch but all exhibit possible wear marks.
3 Finds made in 1988: Four flakes, one snapped (?)blade, one disc scraper on a broken flake (Clarke’s Class E).
4 Finds made in 1988: Three flakes, one ?microlith, one snapped blade.
5 Find made in 1988: Notched partly retouched flake – Mesolithic/Neolithic.
6 Finds made in 1990: Neolithic side scrapers, worked flakes, natural flint and flake with secondary retouch on two edges.
7 Finds made in 1990: Struck flakes, one with retouched edge (?end scraper), and waste flake.
8 Finds made in 1990: Neolithic struck flake and retouched natural flint.
9 Find made in 1991: Retouched Neolithic side scraper.
10 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 1998-08-31T23:00:00Z
Date found: 2003-10-23T23:00:00Z
Date found (2): 2003-11-24T00:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector