Hampshire Treasures

Volume 2 ( Basingstoke and Deane)

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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
Punchcard No.
Crop Mark
 North east of Battle Down Farm. Possible site of a bowl barrow. O.S.A. No. SU55 SE27.     SU 593 507
1818 36
Barrows (Sites)
 Group known as 'Seven Barrows'. South east of Battle Down Farm. Mostly ploughed out. Ditch of one barrow visible on aerial photograph. Centred on grid reference. O.S.A. No. SU55 SE28. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 15, 1941-3, p.241. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, pp.28, 32, 348.     SU 594 501
1818 38
Bowl Barrows
 Bulls Bushes Copse. Tree covered barrows with one showing traces of ditch. Centred on grid reference. O.S.A. Nos. SU54 NE5, 6 and 7. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, p.348.     S.A.M. No. 337
 SU 571 486
1818 23
Barrow
 White Barrow and site of Ring-Ditch. South of Mothers Copse. Large bowl barrow, 42.0m in diameter and 2.0m high with vague traces of a ditch. The field is known variously as Whyteburgh and Whitbrowe. O.S.A. No. SU55 SE21. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol 14, 1938-40, p.348.     S.A.M. No. 336
 SU 588 511
1818 32
Bowl Barrow
 South of Bourley Row. Sited at the top of a southern slope with hedgerow crossing the mound. No visible ditch. Eastern half ploughed out. O.S.A. No. SU55 SE20.     SU 568 515
1818 19
Bowl Barrow
 Cow Down Copse. 22m in diameter and 0.5m high. No visible ditch. Overgrown and mutilated by rabbits. O.S.A. No. SU55 SE23. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 8, 1917-19, p.249. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, p.348.     SU 582 509
1818 34
Iron Age
Coin
 Claypits. British gold coin found in private garden 1916. Facsimile in Basingstoke Museum. O.S.A. No. SU54 NE8.     SU 580 496
1818 24
Iron Age/Romano-British
Settlement and Enclosure (Site)
 East of Battle Down Farm. Complex of crop marks extending over area of ten acres. Finds include Roman tile fragments, sherds, potboilers and two coins. O.S.A. No. SU55 SE29. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 15, 1941-3, pp.241, 245. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-3, pp.123-4, 134. Ref: 3. R.A.F. A.P.s CPE/UK/1750/3413-4.     S.A.M. No. 343
 SU 597 504
1818 37
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