Hampshire Treasures

Volume 9 ( Test Valley South)

Page 146 - Romsey Extra

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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
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Maglemosian Horn
 The Romsey Horn (Deer Tine) found 1931 buried at the foot of Greenhill. 8 inches in length with chevron markings. One of only two examples of this type of Maglemosian art found in the country. Now in the British Museum. May be pre-Neolithic. O.S.A No. SU32 SW11. Ref: 1. The Mesolithic Settlement of Northern Europe (Clark), pp.100, 162, 175, 236, 249. Ref: 2. British Museum Quarterly 8, 1934, (Smith).     SU 342 209
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Saxon
Pottery and Animal Bones
 Found in disused gravel pit north of St. Boniface Church, Nursling. Site now under grass. O.S.A. No. SU31 NE 12. Ref: A Short History of Nursling, 1948 (Crawford).     SU 359 169
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Post Norman
Moat and Fishponds
 Moorcourt. A broad ditch shaped as a rectangle, one side being formed by an existing stream. The two fishponds on the western side are now dry depressions.     S.A.M. No. 536
 SU 342 170
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Ancient Site
 Lee. Possible site of deserted hamlet. O.S.A. No. SU31 NE7. Ref: V.C. H., Vol. 4., p.p.452, 460.     SU 360 179
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Ancient Site
 Stanbridge Earls. Site of deserted moated hamlet. O.S.A. No. SU32 SW6. Ref: V.C.H., Vol. 4, pp.452, 457-8.     SU 338 232
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Ancient Site
 Skidmore Farm. Possible site of deserted hamlet. O.S.A. SU31 N E24. Ref: V.C.H., Vol. 4., p.460.     SU 356 180
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Ancient Site
 Roke. Site of deserted hamlet. O.S.A. SU32 SW14 Ref: V.C.H., Vol. 4., p.460.     SU 337 227
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Bridge (Site)
 West of Broadlands Farm. Probable site of Waldyngbrigge. Mentioned 1558 and 1686 but removed in 1760. O.S.A. No. SU31 NE39. Ref: Records of Romsey Abbey, 1906, p.205.     SU 352 196
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