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Site name Barrow Hills Field 3, Radley

Site number 984

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4034 4042 4046 4051 4065 4074 4084 4091 4101 4111 4123 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A probable bowl barrow part destroyed by quarrying, at the centre of which was the skeleton of an adult male in a shallow grave c15cm deep oriented WNW/ESE, on its back, head to WNW, legs slightly flexed to the left and arms bent up over the body. On the chest, apparently clasped in the right hand was a very thin flat bronze knife-dagger with short triangular tang, a horn handle and 5 rivets. There were also the traces of a leather sheath. From the dagger's fragility it appeared to the excavator to be a funerary piece.

Remains/Period Y4

County Berkshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 517

Y coordinate 984

Bibliographic source Leeds and Atkinson 1944, Atkinson 1953

Query

Site name	Barrow Hills Field 3, Radley
Site number	984
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4034 4042 4046 4051 4065 4074 4084 4091 4101 4111 4123 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A probable bowl barrow part destroyed by quarrying, at the centre of which was the skeleton of an adult male in a shallow grave c15cm deep oriented WNW/ESE, on its back, head to WNW, legs slightly flexed to the left and arms bent up over the body. On the chest, apparently clasped in the right hand was a very thin flat bronze knife-dagger with short triangular tang, a horn handle and 5 rivets. There were also the traces of a leather sheath. From the dagger's fragility it appeared to the excavator to be a funerary piece.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Berkshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	517
Y coordinate	984
Bibliographic source	Leeds and Atkinson 1944, Atkinson 1953