Hampshire Treasures
Volume 6 ( East Hampshire)
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| Description and Date | Remarks | Protection | Grid Ref. and Punchcard No. | |
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| Streams |
Selborne Streams. Seale stream rises in Knights pond, the millstream from a spring on Noar Hill. They converge at Dorton Cottage. Cast iron facade with lions head, from which water from the wellshead gushes all the year round. | C.A. N.P. Act A.O.N.B. |
SU 743 327 1616 74 |
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| Garden |
Wakes Museum. Attractive feature which includes a brick path leading to Gilbert White's bird watching arbour. Short length of brick wall built by the naturalist and bearing stone plaque inscribed 'G.W. 1761'. | C.A. N.P. Act A.O.N.B. |
SU 740 336 1616 04A |
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| Site Ecological Interest |
Shortheath Common. 148 acres of mainly grassland and bracken with many oak and birch trees. The common centres on substantial valley bog, of outstanding structural and biological interest. | N.P. Act S.S.S.I. |
SU 775 366 1616 98 |
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| Group B - Archaeological Sites and Remains | ||||
| Stone Age | ||||
| Mesolithic Occupation Site |
Shortheath Common. Large hearth containing flints revealed when gun pit was sunk, in area covered with dunes or hummocks of blown sand. No trace now remains. O.S.A. No. SU73 NE7. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, (1951-3), p.170. Ref: 2. Mesolithic Sites in East Hampshire, (Rankine). | N. P. Act S.S.S.I. |
SU 774 365 1616 46 |
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| Mesolithic Remains |
Opposite The White House, Oakhanger. Hearth or floor with flakes and cores, also Iron Age sherds, one Romano-British sherd and mediaeval sherds found 1967 during road widening operations. Majority of finds in Portsmouth Museum. O.S.A. No. SU73 NE27. | SU 769 358 1616 50 |
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| Mesolithic Flints |
Small blades and large flint graver found north- west of Regency house. O.S.A. No. SU73 SE18. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1931-4, p. 170. | N.P. Act A.O.N.B. |
SU 782 324 1616 62 |
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| Mesolithic Site |
The Warren and the Slab, Oakhanger. Chipping floor and flints found 1950. Area overgrown and used as heavy vehicle practice ground. O.S.A. No. SU73 NE6. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-4, pp. 157-172. | SU 778 354 1616 45 |
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| Implement |
The Warren, Oakhanger. Half of a sarcen mace-head found south of Warren V I I, a mesolithic site. O.S.A. No. SU73 NE18. | SU 773 353 1616 47 |
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