Hampshire Treasures
Volume 8 ( Test Valley North)
Page 219 - Thruxton
Entry 02
| Group B - Archaeological Sites and Remains (Post Norman) | |
|---|---|
| Description and Date: | Fortified Manor with Moat |
| Remarks: | North of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church. A banked and ditched homestead, the original site of Thruxton Manor house. The site overlies an earlier banked and ditched sub-rectangular enclousure on the east side, which has probably original casewayed entrances in the north and south sides. Moat to north and west. O.S.A. No.SU24 NE22. Ref: Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hampshire, (Williams-Freeman), pp.119-20, 337, 411. |
| Protection: | S.A.M. No. H.165 |
| Grid Ref.: | SU 288 455 |
| Punchcard No.: | 1723 02 |
