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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
Punchcard No.
Roman
Building (Site)
 Beside river south-west of decoy pond. Roofing and flue tiles, tessarae and pottery found in gravel both sides of the river. Absence of building stone and bricks suggests that it was of timber. O.S.A. No. SU65 SE1. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-3, (Applebaum), p.134.     SU 676 547
1801 60
Pottery Sherds
 Found during the digging of a trench. The sherds contained a flanged rim of possibly New Forest ware. O.S.A. No. SU65 SE32.     SU 657 540
1801 74
Saxon
Earthwork
 Oliver's Battery or Priest's Croft. Large mound and irregular depression, possibly motte with double bailey. Now much reduced by ploughing. Site referred to in Saxon documents as 'The Monastic or Priest's House .... called King's Horse Croft.' Now part of village recreation ground. O.S.A. No. SU65 SE4. Ref: 1. Archaeology in the Field, 1953, (Crawford), p.196. Ref: 2. Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hants., 1915, (Williams-Freeman), pp.311-2, 393. Plan. Ref: 3. V.C.H., Vol. 4, pp.117, 123. Ref: 4. Oldendays and Nowadays in Old Basing, (Hoare), p.14.     C.A.
S.A.M. No. 59
 SU 668 535
1801 63
Post Norman
Fortified Mansion (Remains)
 Basing House. Ruins and fortifications of Tudor mansion built on the site of a Norman motte and bailey castle, and possible prehistoric fortifications. Virtually destroyed in the famous siege 1643-45 when Cromwell directed the final assault. The resultant ruins provided a plentiful supply of bricks for building in the village after the Civil War. O.S.A. No. SU65 SE9. Ref: 1. V.C.H., Vol. 4, pp.117-9. Plan. Ref: 2. Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hants., 1915, (Williams-Freeman), pp. 42, 308-10, 390. Ref: 3. Basing in the Civil Wars, 1915, (Oppe), p.11. Ref: 4. Arch J., Vol. 81, 1924, (Brakspear), pp.361-4. Ref: 5. Oldendays and Nowadays in Old Basing, 1932, (Hoare), p.35.     T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
S.A.M. No. 3
 SU 662 525
1801 02
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