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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
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Park Pale
 Pyotts Hill. Bank and outer ditch delineating mediaeval deer park attached to Basing House. A simple gap near the centre of the bank, at a point where the ditch has been filled in, may be the original entrance. O.S.A. No. SU65 SE2. Ref: 1. Archaeology in the Field, 1953, (Crawford), p.196. Ref: 2. Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hants., 1915, (Williams-Freeman), pp.312-3, 396, Plan. Ref: 3. P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, p.135.     S.A.M. No. 117
 SU 665 551
1801 61
Moated Manor House
 Cufaude was for centuries in the hands of a family of that name and the manor appears to have been formed with land taken from the manor of Basingstoke. The moat is water-filled. Across its east side are two low causeways of doubtful antiquity. O.S.A. No. SU65 NW16. Ref: 1. V.C.H., Vol. 4, pp.115, ff. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 6, 1907-13, p.347.     SU 648 574
1801 124
Homestead Moat (Remains)
 Four Lane Farmhouse. Northern half of oblong homestead moat survives, partly water-filled. Southern half has been filled in. O.S.A. No. SU65 NE7.     S.A.M. No. 406
 SU 661 554
1801 141
Deserted Mediaeval Village
 Chineham. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 15, p. 242; Vol. 18, p. 135. Ref: 2. V.C.H., Vol. 1, p.480; Vol. 4, pp. 223, 231. Ref: 3. Deserted Mediaeval Villages, (Beresford and Hurst).     SU 653 541
1801 159
Battery
 Civil War battery, Cowdery's Down. Walker's Battery stationed here during siege of Basing House. Excavated by County Museum Service and Basingstoke Archaeological Society, October 1977.     SU 650 531
1801 77
Pottery
C.15/16		 Pottery sherds found in 1967 south of decoy house, Basing Lodge Farm. Ref: Basingstoke Willis Museum index cards.     SU 677 547
1801 79
Tile Kiln
C.17/18		 In spinney north of Crockfords Farm. Pottery sherds and lumps of fused kiln waste. Ref: Basingstoke Willis Museum index cards.     SU 650 556
1801 78
Fish Ponds
C.18		 North-east of Basing Lodge Farm. Decoy house now demolished. Ref: 1. Archaeology in the Field, (Crawford). Ref: 2. Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hants., (Williams-Freeman).     SU 677 549
1801 80
Fish Ponds
 South of Miiihead, Upper Mill. Close to motorway approach road. Upper and lower fish ponds now virtually overgrown.     SU 663 513
1801 82
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