Jeffrey Radley

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

Radley was an archaeologist, particularly interested in Prehistoric archaeology.a He was also a poet, having a collection of poems published posthumously titled Scarred Temple....[2] 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.

[3] He had been directing the excavations commissioned by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.

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

Anglian Tower, York