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| Description and Date | Remarks | Protection | Grid Ref. and Punchcard No. | |
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| Group A - Natural Features | ||||
| View |
Public Footpath No. 25 on 1975 diverted route along top of Worldham/Warners Hanger. | SU 749 372 1621 26 |
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| Site of Ecological Interest |
Candovers Farm Pit. Rare exposure of the fossiliferous malmstone, Upper Greensand, Lower Cretaceous. | N.P. Act S.S.S.I. |
SU 752 359 1621 30 |
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| Trees |
Binswood Common. Several different species standing in the area centred on grid reference. | T. P. O. No. 1 E. H. D. C. |
SU 765 371 1621 31 |
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| Area of Scenic Beauty |
Part of the East Hants area of natural beauty. Includes the Wick Hill Hanger which is an attractive wooded area. | N.P. Act A.O.N.B. |
SU 757 355 1621 32 |
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| Group B - Archaeological Sites and Remains | ||||
| Bronze Age | ||||
| Bowl Barrow (Remains) |
Littlewood Copse. Heavily overgrown. Ploughed out on south side. O.S.A. No. SU73 NW19. | SU 737 367 1621 23 |
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| Roman | ||||
| Building (Site) |
St. Marys Churchyard. Square hypocaust tiles and fragments of flue tiles found 1945. O.S.A. No. SU73 NE24. Ref: 1. Farnham Herald 14.9.45. Ref: 2. Annual Report Curtis Museum, Alton, 1945. Ref: 3. Alice Holt Forest; its history and Romano-British Potteries, (Wade). | SU 750 381 1621 25 |
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| Post Norman | ||||
| Occupation Site |
King Johns Hill. Flat-topped, with steep slopes, heavily wooded and in thick undergrowth. Iron Age settlement site and traditional site of mediaeval hunting lodge and later buildings. O.S.A. No. SU73 NE4. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, p.398. | S.A.M. No. 322 |
SU 755 377 1621 22 |
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| Mediaeval Village (Site) |
West or Little Worldham. Belonged to Hamble Priory, bought 1414 by Winchester College. In 1428 had less than 10 tenants. Hundred = Alton. Ref: V.C.H., Vol. 2, pp.471, 508, 521-3. | SU 743 370 1621 29 |
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| Mediaeval Village Site |
Hartley Mauditt. Classed as village in 1316 and from the late C.14 property of the Duchy of Lancaster. Village street, now minor metailed road, ran from Jeffries Farm to Hartley Pond. Sites of about ten cottages indicated by slight platforms. O.S.A. No. SU73 NW30. Ref: 1. Lost villages of England, 1954, (Beresford), pp.274, 353. Ref: 2. V.C.H., Vol. 2, pp.508-10. | S.A.M. No. 167 |
SU 742 362 1621 24 |
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