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Site name | Hove, Brighton |
Site number | 1118 |
Burial codes | 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4122 4123 4143 4152 4157 4181 4200 |
2500bc-14/1300bc | A slightly oval barrow covering at the centre an oak coffin c1.8-2.1m long, resting on the natural soil and containing seemingly charred bone which was accompanied by a hemispherical amber cup with handle, a stone axe head with a central hole, a small whetstone with a hole at one end, and a bronze dagger with traces of a bone handle. RC: oak from coffin BM-682 1239 +/-46 |
Remains/Period | Y4 |
County | Sussex |
Region | SE |
National grid square | TQ |
X coordinate | 280 |
Y coordinate | 40 |
Bibliographic source | Phillips 1857 |
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