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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
Punchcard No.
Flint Working Site
 Kempshott Lane. Large assortment of arrowheads, axes, scrapers etc. found in this area. Much of the material now in Basingstoke Museum. Centred on grid reference. O.S.A. No. SU54 NE10. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 8, 1917-19, (Willis), pp.246-7.     SU 599 493
0406 38
Flint Implement
 Possible tranchet axe found 1964. Find now in Basingstoke Museum. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW50.     SU 617 524
0406 35
Flint Implements
 Attwood Close. Polished and chipped axes found in the area. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW21.     SU 628 517
0403 07
Palaeolith
 South of Winchester Road. Small lemon patinated, flake implement found. Now in Basingstoke Museum. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW44.     SU 618 502
0403 06
Cooking Site
 Penrith Road. Large area of burnt flints and a matrix of black earth discovered under 3-4 ft. of undisturbed soil. Quantity of charcoal, earth and burnt flint in store at Basingstoke Museum. Site now covered by road surface. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW30. Ref: Hants and Berks Gazette, 24.9.37., (Ellaway).     SU 633 520
0406 08
Long Barrow
 Down Grange. Preserved in a permanent open space and surrounded by housing development. Three round barrows no longer survive. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW43. Ref: 1. O.S. Map of Neolithic Wessex, 1933. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, pp.10, 198. Ref: 3. R.A.F. A.P.s CPE/UK/1973/3159-60.     S.A.M. No. 179
 SU 611 505
0406 08
Barrow (Site)
 Kempshott Lane. Alleged long barrow. Cinerary urn found when area was developed. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW33. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-3, (Willis), p.60. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, (Grinsell), p.348.     SU 601 501
0406 29
Neolithic/Early Bronze Age
Inhumation Burial
 East of Reading Road Bridge. Position of skeleton indicated a crouched burial. Unusually deep grave, 7 ft. 9 ins. from the surface. Discovered 1883. Finds in Reading Museum. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW17. Ref: Hampshire Chronicle, 1883, (Cooksey).     SU 645 527
0404 03
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