Oliver's Battery earthworks, Winchester
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Oliver's Battery earthworks, Winchester
Image: © Tim Heaton Taken: 10 May 2010
Probably an Iron Age earthwork. Local custom holds that the site was used by Oliver Cromwell's cannon during the siege of 1645.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.048171
Longitude
-1.346299