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Barley Pound. Consists of a large ring-motte with baileys to the south and north west, and a further enclosure to the north. One of the best examples in the county of a ring and bailey fortress of probably C.12 construction. Reputed headquarters of C.13 outlaw and highwayman Adam de Gurdon. O.S.A. No. SU74 NE8. Ref: 1. Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hampshire, (Williams-Freeman), 1915, pp.306-7. Ref: 2. Monastery and Manor, (Butterfield), pp.5, 6, 11, 29, 30, 88. Ref: 3. V.C.H., Vol. 1, p.305, Vol. 4, p.5. |
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