Hampshire Treasures

Volume 8 ( Test Valley North)

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Description and Date	Remarks		Protection	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Intaglio	South-west of High View. Found 1930. Described as of dark carnelian, from a Roman ring, probably circa 250-300 A.D. Retained by the finder. O.S.A. No. SU24 NE21.			SU 281 473 1712 45
Saxon
Coin	Found in the churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, in 1968. Dated 1065. Now in the British Museum.			SU 281 466 1712 43
Post Norman
Deserted Medieval Village	Littleton Manor. Enclosed site with house platforms. Ditch sectioned in 1964 by the Andover Archaeological Society.			SU 289 467 1712 61
Period Unknown
Tumulus? Ring Feature	Little Shoddesden. Photographed from the air in 1970.			SU 284 488 1712 63
Group C - Footpaths, Bridleways and Old Travelways

Path	Leading to the Church of St. Peter and Paul from the road through the village.			SU 281 466 1712 35
Old Travelway	Old Bridleway south of Kalis Corner to Littleton Farm.			SU 290 481 1712 59
Old Travelway	Trackway between Redenham Lodge. Iron Age settlement, Deverel Rimbury urnfield, High View Farm settlement and Kimpton Village.			SU 290 481 1712 60
Country Lane	Cow Lane. Attractive tree-lined walk linking Kimpton with Perham Down.			SU 272 480 1712 34
Group D - Buildings, Monuments and Engineering Works
Church C.13	St. Peter and St. Paul. Cruciform mainly C.13. North and south transepts are C.14, with ogee headed openings. Tower cased in brick in 1837. Mural brass of Robert Thornburgh 1522, with kneeling effigies of himself his two wives and nine children. O.S.A. No. SU24 NE32. Ref: 1. Buildings of England; Hants and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.310. Ref: 2. Notes on the parishes of Fyfield, Kimpton, etc., (Clutterbuck).		T. & C.P. Act	SU 281 466 1712 01

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