Editing Hove (section)

=== Pre-Roman evidence ===
Fossilised remains from the [[Pleistocene]] era have been found in three locations in Hove: an {{convert|11|lb|2|oz|kg|adj=on}} [[Molar (tooth)|molar]] from ''[[Straight-tusked elephant|Elephas antiquus]]'', excavated from the garden of a house in Poplar Avenue; teeth from a juvenile elephant deep in the soil at Ventnor Villas; and a prehistoric horse's tooth in the soil near Hove Street.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p78">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 78.}}</ref>

During building work near [[Palmeira Square]] in 1856–57, workmen uncovered a substantial burial mound.<ref name="Middleton51">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|p=51.}}</ref> A prominent feature of the landscape since 1200 BC,{{#tag:ref|[[Radiocarbon dating]] dated the coffin inside the burial mound to 1239 BC.<ref name="Middleton49"/>|group=note}} the {{convert|20|ft|m}}-high tumulus<ref name="Middleton49">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|p=49.}}</ref> yielded, among other treasures, the [[Hove amber cup]]. Made of translucent red Baltic amber and approximately the same size as a regular china tea cup, the artefact can be seen in the [[Hove Museum and Art Gallery]]. Only one other has been found in Britain. Also buried in the coffin in which the amber cup was found were a stone battle-axe, a [[Sharpening stone|whetstone]] and a bronze dagger whose appearance is characteristic of the [[Wessex culture]].<ref name="Middleton51"/>