Guildford

Millmead Road, Guildford

Observation by GMVEU of the construction of a wet well by Guildford Borough Council and Thames Water Utilities located substantial quantities of worked timbers dated to the medieval period and thought to represent a wharf. Medieval and post-medieval leather, pottery and metal finds were recovered from the spoil. (282)

Henley Grove

Observation of levelling of ground in allotments and fieldwalking nearby by D Montgomery recovered over 200 pieces of crudely struck flint with thick patination, including one heavy scraper. The material is mostly primary and secondary flakes and may be largely accidental. (275)

Hog's Back Trackway

Report of study by Helen Davies of the trackway between The Mount and the A31 Guildford-Farnham road. Cross-sections of the trackway are given, showing it to vary from 14m to as much as 62m, measuring from the centre of the banks on either side. The banks were also studied. (282)

Tongham Nurseries

Evaluation by trial trenching of an area to be used as a borrow pit for the Blackwater Valley Route, by Graham Hayman of SCAU for SCC. Occasional features of earlier prehistoric and Roman date were noted, but the principal archaeological interest within the site was evidence for Iron Age settlement. Formal excavation of five areas followed. Two of the excavated areas revealed some features of Iron Age date, but three areas contained the major parts of four substantial Iron Age settlements.

Grange Road, Tongham

Evaluation and subsequent formal excavation in advance of the Runfold diversion, part of the Blackwater Valley Route, by Graham Hayman of SCAU for SCC, recorded a range of features including ditches, postholes, pits and a small four-post structure. Provisional examination of the pottery suggests that features of Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and medieval date were present. A few sherds of Saxon pottery were also discovered. (273)

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