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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
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Post and Stake-hole Complex
 Sixty post-holes and six stake-holes found during excavations prior to housing development. Excavated by Basingstoke Archaeological Group. Material and documentation with Hampshire County Museum Service. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW31.     SU 608 510
0406 28
Inhumation Burial
 Found in sewer trench on Winklebury Estate. Site excavated by Basingstoke Museum Archaeological Group. Area now fully developed. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW48.     SU 618 526
0406 34
Belgic Cremation Burials
 Vyne Road. Celtic burial urns and hut circle with worked flints and fragments of bronze ornaments found 1882. Area now awaiting redevelopment. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW16.     SU 636 528
0404 01
Iron Age/Romano-British
Enclosure (Site)
 Ditched enclosure, 'Banjo' type. 200 ft. in diameter. Area subject to ploughing. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW49. Ref: 1. Arch. J., Vol. 126, 1970, pp.29-43. Ref: 2. Boyden collection of air photographs, Site No. 117.     SU 600 513
0406 16
Rubbish Pit (Site)
 Large quantity of pottery found 1915. Finds include store jars, urns and fragments of vessels. Mostly Belgic and early Roman. Area now covered by housing development. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW42. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 15, 1941-3, (Winbolt), p.241.     SU 615 511
0405 03
Settlement Site
 Oakridge Estate. Site included ditches, rubbish and storage pits, working hollows and a well. One cremation and two inhumations found. Skeletons and one cremation were also found in well. Finds also include pottery, wattle and daub, querns, brooches etc. Excavated by Basingstoke Museum Archaeological Group, 1965-7. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW46. Ref: Basingstoke Museum. M. S. Fieldwork Report.     SU 641 535
0404 04
Settlement Site
 Common Plantation. Aerial photographs showed a series of enclosures. Site excavated 1967-8 by Basingstoke Museum Archaeological Group prior to construction of M.3. Finds include pottery from C.1 B.C. to C.4 A.D., small bronzes, animal bone, and a child burial. Site of several refuse pits. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW55. Ref: A.P. 648/514 (Fairey Air Surveys).     SU 648 511
0402 46
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