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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
Punchcard No.
Coins
 Found at Worting. Roman coins from 'Worten' are alluded to by Aubrey. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW8. Ref: V.C.H., Vol. 1, (Haverfield), p.347.     SU 601 521
0406 37
Burial
 Coffin of oolitic limestone containing male skeleton discovered on Winklebury Housing Estate. Iron nails, two coins, one a sestertius of Faustina II found in sarcophagus. All the finds, except one coin, now in Basingstoke Museum. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW45.     SU 617 524
0406 33
Pot sherds
 Flanged pie-dish and other indeterminate sherds, found in Sherbourne Road. Stored in Basingstoke Museum. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW37. Ref: P.H F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-3, p.134.     SU 629 538
0401 08
Post Roman
Spearhead
 Found 1953. Iron inlaid with spiral decoration in bronze on both sides of the blade, with a mid rib. Socket retains slivers of the wooden shaft. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW14.     SU 633 534
0404 02
Burials (4)
 Human remains found during building operations on the Popley Estate. A bone comb was found beneath the head of one together with a small bronze object, the whereabouts of which are unknown. Area now fully developed. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW56. Ref: Basingstoke Museum.     SU 642 540
0404 15
Burial and Finds
 Skeleton, together with iron vessel, spearhead, set of bone draughtsmen etc. found at West Ham in a cutting of the Alton light railway. Identified as a Viking burial. O.S.A No. SU65 SW22. Ref: 1. British Museum Guide - Anglo-Saxon, 1923, pp.79-80. Ref: 2. Ant., Vol. 6, 1932, (Kendrick), p.167. Ref: 3. Conquest of Wessex in the 6th Century, 1954, (Copley), p.217. Ref: 4. Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, 1954, (Shetelig), pp.80-1.     SU 624 518
0405 02
Post Norman
Church (Site)
 Chineham House. In area once known as 'Chapel Field'. Included among the dependent churches of the Priory of Monk Sherborne in the C.13. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW15. Ref: V.C.H., Vol. 4, 1911, p.238.     SU 645 539
0404 14
Rubbish Pits
 Discovered during building work on Co-operative Society premises in 1957. Pits contained late C.12/early C. 1 3 pottery.     C.A.
 SU 636 519
0402 66
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