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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
Punchcard No.
Settlement Site
 Viables Farm. Excavated by Basingstoke Archaeological Society. Finds include pottery C.2 B.C. to C.4 A.D., part of a sickle, animal bone, and two Iron Age female inhumations with bone combs.     SU 632 500
0403 15
Roman
Occupation Site
 New Oakridge housing estate. Chalk and flint walls, hypocaust and other tiles found. Excavated by Basingstoke Museum Archaeological Group 1967.     SU 637 536
0404 05
Inhumation Burial
 400 yds. east of the Reading Road Bridge. Female skeleton found, also several urns and fragments of pottery. Now in British Museum. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW18. Ref: 1. Arch. J., Vol. 9, 1852, p.9. Ref: 2. V.C.H., Vol. 1, (Haverfield), p.305.     SU 646 527
0402 43
Pottery
 Found in Pinkerton Road during building work in 1963. Pottery now in store. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW47.     SU 616 510
0405 04
Pottery
 Found 1940 in hedge on south side of Basingstoke/ Kingsclere Road. Present whereabouts not known. Site covered by industrial development. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW13. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 15, 1941-3, p.242. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-3, p.134.     SU 624 531
0401 06
Building (Site)
 Found 1879 on north bank of River Loddon. Probably a villa. Pottery fragments, roof tiles glass etc. stored in Reading Museum. Site partly covered by new road. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW26. Ref: 1. V.C.H., Vol. 1, p.305. Ref: 2. Ant. J., Vol. 17, 1937, p.438. Ref: 3. P.H.F.C., Vol. 13, (Grove), p.179. Ref: 4. P.H.F.C., Vol. 15, 1941-3, p.224. Ref: 5. P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-3, p.134. Ref: 6. A History of Basingstoke, Vol. 1, 1889, (Baigent and Millard), p.6.     SU 632 523
0401 07
Building (Site)
 Finds include Samian sherds, tile, brick and fragment of polished stone axe. Cinerary urns, one filled with ashes found nearby. Site built over. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW19. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 12, 1932-4, p.88. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 15, 1941-3, (Winbolt), p.234.     SU 611 516
0406 18
Coin and Pottery
 Found 1940 when digging an air-raid shelter in Victoria Park Road. Finds now in Basingstoke Museum. O.S.A. No. SU65 SW23. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 18, 1951-3, p.134.     SU 637 517
0402 44
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