Hampshire Treasures

Volume 8 ( Test Valley North)

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Description and Date	Remarks		Protection	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Group A - Natural Features
Trees	Part of Harewood Forest. Six copses from Wismore Copse in the north to Adders Copse in the south-east, all mixed deciduous woodland.			SU 394 434 1726 104
Trees	The Mount. An area of mixed woodland.			SU 392 413 1726 105
Trees	Beech Grove. Belt of beech trees behind the houses.			SU 389 419 1726 106
Trees	Fullerton. Tree belts and areas of mixed woodland.			SU 366 395 1726 101
Trees	Rewbury Copse. An area of mixed woodland.			SU 343 396 1726 87
Trees	Nettlebank Copse. An area of mixed woodland.			SU 337 391 1726 86
Trees	Westmill Bottom. Two groups of beech trees. Reputed to have been planted to commemorate the victory of Waterloo, but more likely to have been planted as cover for fox hunting.			SU 384 406 1726 77A
Trees	Freelands, Fullerton Road. Corsican pine trees reputed to be the tallest in the county, situated in the gardens, which run down to the river Test.		C.A.	SU 385 404 1726 80
Common and Water Meadows	Bransbury Common. The site lies on the flood plain of the upper Test Valley. The soil formation of the Common is of peat over gravel, the water meadows are on a heavier soil, and together the areas support a wide variety of grassland and sedge communities.		S. S. S. I.	SU 400 413 1726 54
River	The River Test. Part of this world famous trout river flows through the parish, centred on grid reference.		C.A.	SU 386 406 1726 78
View	From the triangulation point at Fullerton to Red Rice Road.			SU 369 397 1726 96
Group B - Archaeological Sites and Remains
Bronze Age
Barrow	Cottonworth Farm. Situated on a south-west slope within an area of ploughed-out Celtic fields. O.S.A. No. SU34 SE15.			SU 373 411 1726 57

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