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Description: | The Collection includes archaeological excavation archives from the County of Hampshire, but not the Cities of Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth (qv) and material from occupation and other sites from the Upper Palaeolithic to Victorian period, especially mesolithic flint assemblages, Bronze Age burial sites, Iron Age hillforts, Romano-British villas , Romano-British burials , Pagan Saxon cemeteries , Ecclesiastical sites ,Fortified medieval sites ,Deserted medieval village sites , Post-medieval kiln sites. Stray finds and early collections including Flint assemblages of all periods, Polished stone axes, Bronze Axe artefacts and hoards, Coin hoards from Iron Age to Medieval date, Material relating to the history and pursuit of archaeology as a subject from the late 19th century to the present.
There are displays of archaeological material at Alton, Andover, Basing House, Basingstoke, Christchurch and Rockbourne Roman Villa and stored at the headquarters stores at Chilcomb House, Winchester. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Morley Hewitt Memorial Museum
Fordingbridge Hampshire,
Sp6 3PG | Telephone: | 01725 518 541 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4506 | Go to resource |
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