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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

Query

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