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Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club

8c Archaeological Society, Volume 57

Hampshire Studies 2002

Proceedings of theHAMPSHIRE HELD CLUB

AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Volume 57

2002

Published by the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society

Cover: Stone panel illustrating Sacrifice of Isaac.

The Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society was founded in 1885 and for over one hundredyears has been Hampshire's most active association for the study of the county's past and natural his-tory. It has a regularly issued journal. Hampshire Studies (formerly the Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society, and still named as such for the purposes of academic references), that pub-lishes articles on natural history, geology, landscape, archaeology, history, historic buildings andindustrial monuments.

Articles intended for publication should be sent to Bruce Howard. Secretary HFC Editorial Board, c/oCounty Planning Depart., Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire S0238UE. from whom Instructions for Contributors can also be obtained. Envelopes to Mr Howard shouldbe marked PERSONAL or CONFIDENTIAL. (E-mail bruce.howard@hants.gov.uk). All articles arerefereed by academic consultants, and are prepared for publication by a team of subject editors, fromwhom advice can also be obtained by prospective authors considering the submission of a paper forpublication.

Publication of an article in Hampshire Studies does not imply that the Field Club endorses the views ex-pressed. Although the Editorial Board endeavours to publish accurate and meaningful research.responsibility for the factual content and opinions expressed remains that of the individual authors.

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following organisations for their financial assistance towardsthe costs of production of Hampshire Studies 2002.

Southampton City Council (Smith, A Roman Settlement and Iron Working Site)Portable Antiquities Scheme (Worrell, Recent Metalwork Discoveries in Hampshire)

Editorial Board D Allen BSc (Chairman); N Stoodlcy BA. MA. PhD (Archaeology and copy-editor); A C King BA,PhD. FSA (Archaeology); M Hicks MA, DPhil, FRHistS (Local History); E Roberts BA, MA (HistoricBuildings); G Soffe BA^ Dipl Arch (Archaeology); C Hatt PhD: P Roberts Cert Local Hist (New For-est); B Howard BA. FSA (Scot) (Hon Secretary).

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CONTENTS

The Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society

Publications currently available

ArticlesSteven D G Weaver The Excavation of Iron Age and Early Roman Features at 1

Viking Way, Andover, Hampshire, 1996

Kevin Trott An Intervention Excavation of an Iron Age Coastal Site at 20Reddiff, Sandown, Isle of Wight

M P Smith A Roman Settlement and Iron Working Site at St Denys, 30Southampton (SOU 981)

Heinrich Harke 8c An Anglo-Saxon Quadruple Weapon Burial at Tidworth: 38

Roger Entwistlc A Battle-site Burial on Salisbury Plain?

George Watts Medieval Tenant Housing on the Titchfield Estates 53

Claire Gapper 8; others Elizabethan and Jacobean Decorative Features at Hyde, 59Winchester

Stephen Matthews From Exeter to Oxford, and other Journeys, the English 81Travel Letters of William Grey, 1840-49

Note

Sally Worrell Recent Metalwork Discoveries in Hampshire 89

THE HAMPSHIRE HELD CLUB AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

(reg. charity no. 243773)

President Mrs Kay Ainsworth

General Secretary Mr Martin Goodchild

Hon Treasurer Mrs S McKenzie

Hon Membership Secretary Dr Alison M Deveson8 Lynch Hill ParkWhitchurchHantsRG28 7NF

Hon Librarian Dr C WoolgarThe LibrarySouthampton University

For information about the Hampshire Field Club and how to join it. please write to the MembershipSecretary at the address above, or visit the Field Club's internet site at http://www.fieldclub.hants.org.uk.Current subscription rates for 2002 are £"10 per year for ordinary members, and £\2 for joint member-ship. Benefits of membership include two annual Newsletters, information about the many events that theField Club organises, and preferential rates when purchasing Hampshire Studies and the other publica-tions of the Field Club. Institutional membership is £20.00 and includes a copy of Hampshire Studies.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY

Proceedings

Between 1885 and 1966, Proceedings were, published in Parts, usually three to a volume; only limited vol-umes are still available. From 1967 to date. Proceedings have been published as a single annual volume;volumes 24-56 are still available.

For details of availability of back numbers of Proceedings, and current prices for members andnon-members, contact the Publications Stockholder (address below).

Monographs

1 The Archaeology of HampshireSJ Sherman and R T Schadla-Hall (eds)n 1981ISBN 0 907473 00 8

2 The Prehistoric Settlement at Winnall Down, WinchesterPJ Fasham. 1985ISBN 0 907473 01 6

3 Excavations on the Romano-British Small town at Neatham, Hampshire, 1969-1979M Milieu and D Graham. 1986ISBN 0 907473 03 2

4 An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Alton, HampshireVIEvison. 1988ISBN 0 907473 05 9

5 A Banjo Enclosure in Micheldever Wood, HampshirePJ Fasham. 1987ISBN 0 907473 04 0

6 The Archaeological Site at Easton Lane, WinchesterPJ Fasham. D E Farwell and R J B Whinney, 1989ISBN 0 907473 06 7

7 Archaeology and the M3PJ Fasham and R J B Whinnev. 1991ISBN 0 907473 07 5

8 Romsey Abbey, Report on the Excavations 1973-91Ian R Scott, 1997ISBN 0 907473 09 1

9 Twyford Down, Hampshire: Archaeological Investigations on the M3 Motorway from Bar End toCompton, 1990-93K E Walker and D E Farwell. 2000ISBN 0907473 10 0

10 Basing House, Hampshire: excavations 1978-1991D Allen and S Anderson. 1999ISBN 0 907473 119

All monographs arc available. For details of current prices for members and non-members, contact:Publications Stockholder, Alex Lewis. Hampshire County Council. Mottisfont Court. High St.. Winchester.S023 8ZF; Tel: 01962 846044. Email: accsal@hants.gov.uk.