Hampshire Treasures
Volume 8 ( Test Valley North)
Page 119 - Linkenholt
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| Description and Date | Remarks | Protection | Grid Ref. and Punchcard No. | |
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| Group B - Archaeological Sites and Remains | ||||
| Bronze Age | ||||
| Barrow (Site) |
Ruwan Beorh, the 'Rugged Barrow' occurs as a boundary here in the Hurstbourne Tarrant Charter of AD.961. There is no longer any evidence of a barrow, but it was probably in the area of the grid reference given. O.S.A. No. SU35 NE12. Ref: Arch. J., Vol. 83, 1926, pp.154 and 156. | A.O.N.B. |
SU 380 594 1713 04 |
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| Earthwork |
Grim's Ditch. A bi-vallate earthwork of late Bronze Age ranch boundary type. Well preserved and covered in dense undergrowth, encloses an area of sixteen square miles. O.S.A. No. SU35 NE8. Ref: Buildings of England; Hampshire and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.330. | A.O.N.B. |
SU 373 564 1713 02 |
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| Group D - Buildings, Monuments and Engineering Works | ||||
| Church C.19 |
St. Peter. Rebuilt in 1871, contains a Norman doorway, window and font from the old church, the north wall of the nave is original Norman work. O.S.A. No. SU35 NE5. | T. & C.P. Act A.O.N.B. |
SU 363 580 1713 01 |
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| Building C.19 |
The Old School. Built in 1881, using materials from the old church. Flint and brick structure with woodwork in the same pattern as the church woodwork, with Shepherd's Crowns over the window arch. Consists of one room and a porch. Used as a school until 1938. | A.O.N.B. |
SU 363 580 1713 05 |
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| Manor House C.20 |
The Manor. 3 storeys, red tiled roof with dormers. Red brick structure, tile hung on upper storeys. Central porch with stone pilasters supporting a lead hood. The house consists of forty two rooms and was built in 1907, incorporating the earliest form of double glazing. Ballroom added to the rear of the house in 1935. | A.O.N.B. |
SU 361 581 1713 06 |
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