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  2. St Catherine's Hill, Hampshire - Wikipedia

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    The top of St. Catherine's Hill is ringed by the ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort, [2] a Scheduled Monument. [3] The fortifications consist of a single rampart (univallate dump or glacis) with an outer ditch, begun in the Early Iron Age; much of the way around there is also a counterscarp bank. At the north-east side is an original entrance ...

  3. Itchen Navigation - Wikipedia

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    The navigation flows past the grounds of Winchester College, and under Tun Bridge, which carries Garnier Road, before continuing to the remains of St Catherine's Hill Lock, some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) downstream of Blackbridge Wharf. This lock, which now contains a modern sluice mechanism, was the location of a water-powered sawmill, located ...

  4. Itchen Way - Wikipedia

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    Between Weston Shore and the Itchen Toll Bridge the path shares its route with the Solent Way.The northern end joins the Wayfarers Walk.The path also crosses, joins or shares sections of route with a number of long distance paths converging on Winchester, including the South Downs Way, Clarendon Way, King's Way, Pilgrims' Trail, St. Swithun's Way and Three Castles Path.

  5. River Itchen, Hampshire - Wikipedia

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    The River Itchen in Hampshire, England, rises to the south of New Alresford and flows 26 miles (42 km) to meet Southampton Water below the Itchen Bridge.The Itchen Navigation was constructed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to enable barges to reach Winchester from Southampton Docks, but ceased to operate in the mid-19th century and is largely abandoned today.

  6. St Catherine's Hill - Wikipedia

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    St Catherine's Hill may refer to: St Catherine's Hill, Dorset; St Catherine's Hill, Isle of Wight; St. Catherine's Hill, Hampshire This page was last edited on 30 ...

  7. Twyford Down - Wikipedia

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    The final route chosen ran to the south of St. Catherine's Hill, taking 1.91 hectares (4.7 acres) (approximately 4.5%) of the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), [1] [27] and went to a public inquiry in 1985, where the then Planning Officer of Winchester City Council described the route as "bold" and an "imaginative solution" [26]: 18 ...

  8. Bere Mill Meadows - Wikipedia

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    Bere Mill Meadows is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Whitchurch in Hampshire. [1] [2]These damp meadows in the flood plain of the River Test have a network of ditches with plants such as floating sweet-grass and lesser water-parsnip.

  9. Architecture of Winchester College - Wikipedia

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    St Catherine's Hill and part of Winchester College, looking southeast from the tower of Winchester Cathedral.Chapel and its tower are in the centre, with the buildings of Chamber Court and Outer Court below them; the Warden's Lodging is partly masked by trees on the left, while the Headmaster's House is on the right.