Hampshire Treasures
Volume 10 ( Fareham)
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| Description and Date | Remarks | Protection | Grid Ref. and Punchcard No. | |
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| Settlement Site |
Field work revealed an occupation site, Iron Age and Roman pottery sherds found, also fint flakes, a flint core and a fragment of sandstone quern. SMR SU50NE21 | SU 595 090 0702 268 |
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| Finds |
A large ditch was exposed during building work between High Street and West Street. The ditch fill contained pottery, fragments of tegulae, iron ware and nails. SMR SU50NE14. | SU 581 063 0702 130 |
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| Finds |
No. 33 High Street. Excavations in 1976 revealed a Roman rubbish pit, and Anglo Saxon post holes and stake holes and pottery of C.9-C.11, also a C.9 bronze tag end. SMR SU50NE31 | SU 582 065 0702 225 |
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| Finds |
Excavations at Wallington Hill revealed a Roman ditch containing a variety of pottery types. SMR SU50NE70 | SU 581 0702 0702 269 |
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| Finds |
During construction of the Wallington link road, a V-shaped truncated ditch was revealed. Finds from the ditch fill included shreds of pottery, glass and fragments of waterlogged timber. Finds date possibly from C.2-C.4. SMR SU50NE68 | SU 583 066 0702 270 |
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| Anglo-Saxon | ||||
| Finds |
Old Turnpike. Three early C.6 cremation urns were found 'near the north turnpike road ', some time before 1880. They are now in Portsmouth Museum. SMR SU50NE10 | SU 577 071 0702 271 |
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| Medieval | ||||
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During building works a medieval rubbish pit was revealed, also sherds of Roman pottery. Ref: Small Towns of Hants. 1976, (Hughes) SMR SU50NE30 | SU 582 066 0702 274 |
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| Wells |
Three wells were discovered in Quay Street, two of which were domestic in origin and lined mostly with chalk blocks, dated C.16-C.19. The third was much larger and lined with brickwork, dated from C.18-C.19. Several pieces of preserved leather were found in a waterlogged rubbish pit. SMR SU50NE69 | SU 580 060 0702 275 |
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| Finds |
Field work over ploughed land, close to the north bank of the River Wallington, recovered sherds of medieval pottery and tile. SMR SU50NE20 | SU 591 090 0702 273 |
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