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Site name Sandy Lane, Teddington

Site number 1077

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4123 4128 4143 4151 4152 4160 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A barrow with a mound of sand with seemingly at the base and centre the remains of a pyre, on which lay a heap of calcined bones of an adult, and on that the bronze blade of an Early Bronze Age ogival knife or dagger. Scattered on the floor were several fragments of flint. An urned cremation was found in the mound 1.2m below the top.

Remains/Period Y4

County Middlesex

Region SE

National grid square TQ

X coordinate 159

Y coordinate 704

Bibliographic source Akerman 1855, Anon 1863, Vulliamy 1930

Query

Site name	Sandy Lane, Teddington
Site number	1077
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4123 4128 4143 4151 4152 4160 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A barrow with a mound of sand with seemingly at the base and centre the remains of a pyre, on which lay a heap of calcined bones of an adult, and on that the bronze blade of an Early Bronze Age ogival knife or dagger. Scattered on the floor were several fragments of flint. An urned cremation was found in the mound 1.2m below the top.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Middlesex
Region	SE
National grid square	TQ
X coordinate	159
Y coordinate	704
Bibliographic source	Akerman 1855, Anon 1863, Vulliamy 1930