Long Sutton; The Battery

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Well

In the civil parish of Long Sutton.
In the historic county of Hampshire (Modern Authority of Hampshire, 1974 county of Hampshire).

Medieval building and ringwork identified in a field at Long Sutton. The building was first identified by a scatter of pottery, possibly C12 in date, tile and building stone. It has also been identified as a cropmark. The ringwork survives as an earthwork. Field investigations in 1967 found it to comprises a bank up to 10m in width and 1.8m in height and a ditch up to 8m in width and 1m in depth. The finds from the field are present in Basingstoke Museum.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU75874621

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 243724

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 17487

• Web site links
  • http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/entries/v03p110e05.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p42
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p191
• Journal Articles
  • Wilson, D.M. and Moorhouse, S., 1971, 'Medieval Britain in 1970' Medieval Archaeology Vol15 p147
    Ellaway and Willis, 1932-4, Proceeding of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Vol12 p310