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East Ayton Long Barrow

Long Barrow

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Compass - British Museum


"This hoard was found in a pit dug into the top of an oval cairn. The burial cairn, constructed of limestone rubble, was first opened by A.D. Conyngham in 1848. Surviving records suggest that the hoard was found with a burial. The surviving finds comprise three flint axes and a flint adze, five lozenge-shaped arrowheads, a polished flint knife and two flakes, an antler 'macehead' and two boar-tusk blades."

Various photos of the hoard online here.
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
27th January 2006ce

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