Jeffrey Radley
# Jeffrey Radley

Jeffrey Radley FSA (13 October 1935 – 22 July 1970) was a British archaeologist and poet.

## Career

Radley was an archaeologist, particularly interested in Prehistoric archaeology. He was also a poet, having a collection of poems published posthumously titled Scarred Temple....

### Death

Radley was killed on 22 July 1970 during excavations on the Anglian Tower in York. He had reportedly climbed down into the trench during a lunch break when it collapsed on top of him. He had been directing the excavations commissioned by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.

A plaque on the site, unveiled by Lord Salisbury, commemorates his death:

    This plaque is erected to the memory of Jeffrey Radley M.A. F.S.A. who carried out the excavation of the tower and was tragically killed in a subsequent accident at the site on July 22nd 1970.
