Oliver's Battery

A cold day so just a short walk around  the block, passing our parish sign, which was designed by a friend of ours, and has been erected on a prominent  mound known as Oliver's Battery. The name dates back to the English  Civil War when Oliver Cromwell besieged Winchester, although no-one  knows if he really had an encampment on these ancient Iron Age earthworks, about two miles (as the crow flies)from the centre of Winchester. However, it was the  site of a Saxon burial ground where a fine enamelled bronze hanging  bowl and knife were found with a skeleton, and have been represented in the sign.