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English Civil War

Skirmish at Andover

1644
Hampshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Hampshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Skirmish at Andover was a Civil War skirmish, fought in the area of Hampshire, England in 1644. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record. It belongs to the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1639 to 1651, when the forces of Crown and Parliament fought across England, Scotland and Ireland.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Skirmish at Andover lies on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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Roman Britain
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Civil War
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Geology
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Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Andover

Bury Hill camp
Bury Hill camp
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Bury Hill camp is a univallate Iron Age hillfort located near Morestead in Hampshire. The monument is defined by a single defensive bank and ditch encircling an oval hilltop enclosure of approximately 3.2 hectares. Pottery and artefactual evidence indicate occupation during the Iron Age, placing…

Chris Talbot / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Bowl barrow 400m south of Waters Down Farm
Bowl barrow 400m south of Waters Down Farm
Scheduled monument · ~5.2 mi

Bowl barrow 400m south of Waters Down Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Hampshire. The barrow survives as a round mound characteristic of bowl barrow form, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often…

Dave.Dunford / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Moat
The Moat
Scheduled monument · ~5.3 mi

The Moat is a medieval earthwork monument located in Hampshire, England. The site consists of a substantial mounded enclosure surrounded by a ditch, characteristic of high-status medieval settlements of the 11th to 13th centuries. Such moated sites typically served as the focal points of manorial…

Dave.Dunford / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Danebury Hill camp
Danebury Hill camp
Scheduled monument · ~5.5 mi

Danebury Hill camp is an Iron Age hillfort located near Nether Wallop in Hampshire, England. The site comprises a substantial single bank and ditch enclosure crowning the hilltop, enclosing an area of approximately 5.3 hectares, and dates to the Middle Iron Age, with occupation evidence spanning…

Hampshire Hub and University of Southampton / OGL v1.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Berisbury camp near Hampshire Gate
Berisbury camp near Hampshire Gate
Scheduled monument · ~5.7 mi

Berisbury Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located near Hampshire Gate in Hampshire. The monument comprises a roughly circular or oval enclosure defined by a single bank and ditch, typical of Iron Age fortifications in southern England. The site dates to the Iron Age period, when such hillforts ser…

ian freeman / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Tidbury Ring
Tidbury Ring
Scheduled monument · ~6.4 mi

Tidbury Ring is a univallate Iron Age hillfort situated near Wickham in Hampshire. The monument consists of a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing approximately two hectares, positioned on rising ground that commands views across the surrounding landscape. The earthwork dates to the Iron Age…

Graham Horn / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Balksbury hillfort
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Foxcott deserted medieval village
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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