Hampshire Treasures

Volume 8 ( Test Valley North)

Description and Date	Remarks	Protection	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Group A - Natural Features
Tree	An oak south-west of Yonder Dene.		SU 309 488 1703 28
Trees	Barncroft. Several trees of different species, including silver birch, larch and lawson cypress, in and around the properties at Barncroft.	T.P.O. No. 832	SU 305 482 1703 42
Sarsen Stone No. 4A	Track junction, County Boundary. Sarsens are a certain type of hard sandstone boulder; they vary in size, shade and colour and occur in all situations. Their geological origins are uncertain. The stones were used in the building of prehistoric monuments such as Stonehenge and Avebury, and for the construction of chambered long barrows. They also served as boundary markers. Ref: 1. The Kennet Valley Sarsen Industry, Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, No. 63 (1968), pp.83-93. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 2, Nos. 9 and 10, p.116.		SU 316 499 1703 33
Sarsen Stone No. 4B	Close to county boundary.		SU 302 507 1703 32
Sarsen Stone No. 4C	Beside The Thatch.		SU 305 485 1703 31
Sarsen Stone No. 4D	Located at crossroads.		SU 318 488 1703 37
Sarsen Stone No. 4E	Vicarage Garden. Moved from Orchard Farm.		SU 308 487 1703 36
Sarsen Stone No. 4F	Beside barn, opposite church.		SU 303 490 1703 35
Sarsen Stone No. 4G	North of village. In situ, reburied.		SU 302 492 1703 34
Sarsen Stone No. 4H	Lane side.		SU 300 492 1703 40
Sarsen Stone No. 41	Road verge beside Redthorn. Barncroft.		SU 303 489 1703 39
Sarsen Stones (2) No. 4K	In garden of Buryford		SU 302 468 1703 38

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