Hampshire Treasures

Volume 2 ( Basingstoke and Deane)

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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
Punchcard No.
Kiln
 Pilgrims Farm. Possible corn drying kiln found 1962. Bottle-shaped excavation in chalk, blackened by fire. O.S.A. No. SU54 NW31.     SU 517 462
2112 98A
Occupation Site
 Willesley Warren. Pottery, coin and unfinished roofing stones discovered. O.S.A. No. SU55 SW14.     N.P. Act
A.O.N.B.
 SU 507 528
2112 144
Saxon
Barrow (Site)
 North-west of Portals Mill. 'Cissa's Barrow'. Possible burial place of the great Cissa, who is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as fighting alongside his father Aelle, King of Sussex, against the Britons in A.D. 477 and 491. No trace visible on the ground. O.S.A. No. SU55 SW33. Ref: 1. Arch. J., Vol. 84, 1927, p.175. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, p.31. Ref: 3. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1953, (Ed. Garmondsway), pp.14-15.     N.P. Act
A.O.N.B.
 SU 516 511
2112 125
Post Norman
Strip Lynchets
 Turrill Hill Farm. Series occupying both slopes of north-south dry valley, averaging 25m apart and less than 1 m high. O.S.A. No. SU54 NW1.     SU 504 487
2112 105
Beacon Site
 Popham or Patow Beacons. Used as a beacon site from mediaeval times and marked on many early maps. O.S.A. No. SU54 SW16. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 10, 1927-31, The Beacon System in Hampshire, (White).     SU 526 439
2112 161
Church and Chapel (Probable Site)
 Area of Polhampton Farm. Church existed in 1086. In 1340 the Lord of the Manor built a chapel to take its place. No trace of church or chapel remains. O.S.A. No. SU55 SW35. Ref: V.C.H., Vol. 4, p.218.     SU 528 506
2112 104
Ancient Site
 Ashe. Site of deserted mediaeval village. Isolated church. Hundred-Overton. Emparked 1580. Ref: 1. V.C.H., Vol. 1, p. 491. Ref: 2. V.C.H., Vol. 4, pp.198, 201. Ref: 3. Deserted Mediaeval Village Research Group - Report 1970.     SU 533 498
2112 13A
Ancient Site
 Polhampton. Mediaeval village site deserted during the Black Death. Hundred-Overton. Ref: 1. V.C. H., Vol. 1, p.p. 419, 534. Ref: 2. V.C.H., Vol. 4, pp.197, 213-5, 218.     SU 529 506
2112 07A
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