Unstratifed worked flints recovered during trial trenching at Warwick Gates, Warwick.

Description of this historic site

Archaeological evaluation trenching recovered three unstratified pieces of worked flint from the ploughsoil within the vicinity of trenches 11, 12, and 16. Harbury Lane formed the southern border of the site and the major A452 Europa Way roundabout formed the western limit.

Notes about this historic site

1 Archaeological evaluation trenching recovered three unstratified pieces of worked flint from the ploughsoil within the vicinity of trenches 11, 12, and 16. Two of the pieces featured secondary working in the form of semi-abrupt retouch. One was a thumbnail scraper and most likely dated to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age. One appeared to be a section of a blade of Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date re-worked at a later date as a scraper. The remaining piece was a flake, otherwise unworked. All pieces were of good quality grey or honey-coloured flint, almost certainly from a (non-local) primary chalk source.

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