Hampshire Treasures

Volume 1 ( Winchester City District)

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Description and Date	Remarks		Protection	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Coins	Coins and a cross bow brooch found at site of Jutish inhumation cemetery. Finds in Winchester and British Museums. O.S.A. No. SU61 NW11. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 5, 1904-6, (Dale), pp.173-7.		N.P. Act A.O.N.B.	SU 612 184 1911 37
Iron Workings	West Walk, Bere Forest. Site scheduled for development as car park and picnic area. Large slag heap 110m. long, and crude dome furnace found. O.S.A. No. SU51 SE15.			SU 592 134 1911 56
Coarse Ware Pottery and Occupation	Off Forest Drive, south of Woodend. Found 1969. Finds now in Portsmouth City Museum. Ref: Archaeological Review, 1969, p. 44.			SU 592 132 1911 55A
Building (Site)	Probably in Bottom Copse. Area cleared of undergrowth and reseeded. O.S.A. No. SU61 NW20. Ref: British Museum Quarterly 11. 1936-37, p.101.		S.A.M. No. 289 N.P. Act A.O.N.B.	SU 624 156 1911 39
Dark Age
Jutish Inhumation and Cemetery	Discovered 1900 at summit of hill during construction of Droxford Station. Finds of swords, spearheads and horse shoes. Railway line now closed. O.S.A. No. SU61 NW11. Ref: Wessex, (Grinsell), pp.277, 291.		N.P. Act A.O.N.B.	SU 612 184 1911 37
Foundations of Mediaeval Farm	Discovered 1923. C.12-C.14 pottery and coin, Henry I circa 1120 found. O.S.A. No. SU61 SW(M) 2. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 12, 1933, p. 186.		N.P. Act A.O.N.B.	SU 621 139 1911 42
Bank and Ditch	Probably an old boundary bank and ditch. O.S.A. No. SU61 NW (M) 8.		N.P. Act A.O.N.B.	SU 632 170 1911 36
Ditch	No trace on ground, land under crop. O.S.A. No. SU61 NW (M) 7.		N.P. Act A.O.N.B.	SU 638 170 1911 35
Site of Chapel	Chapel at Hoe mentioned in records of 1282; probably located in field called Chapel Croft. O.S.A. No. SU61 SW1. Ref: P.H.F.C., News Letter, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1965		N.P. Act A.O.N.B.	SU 621 147 1911 43

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