Waverley

Alderbrook Main Pipeline

A watching brief was maintained by M Dover of SCAU, for Thames Water Utilities, on the construction of a replacement water main. A concentration of prehistoric pottery was noted at TQ 037 440 and further excavation revealed a layer containing numerous sherds of Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age pottery overlying what appeared to be a buried soil, which itself sealed a row of possible post holes. It seems likely that the layer containing the prehistoric pottery represents erosion of material from the adjoining hillslopes.

Rumbeams Farm, Ewhurst

Report by J English of SyAS on a curved boundary bank and ditch around the farm, which encloses an area of around 64 acres. This may represent an original virgated holding, formed as settlement expanded into the Weald in the medieval period. Such holdings often appear to be formed of multiples of 30 acres in Surrey. (304)

Godalming Wharf

A watching brief by C Currie on the excavation of a drainage trench, for the National Trust (Southern Region), revealed the wharf to have been constructed with compacted chalk. The area of the wharf where this trench was located had clearly been used for open storage of coal and other items.

46 Downing Street, Farnham

A watching brief by K D Graham of SyAS on the works for a rear extension revealed no features or finds of archaeological interest apart from a carved stone block with the initials of James Newland Baker who was responsible for constructing the walls in the 19th century.

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Hydestile & King George V Hospitals, Hambledon

Evaluation by J Saunders of TVAS, for Bryant Country Homes Southern Ltd, was carried out in advance of residential redevelopment. The site of the Hydestile Hospital, where Roman or medieval pottery was recovered in 1943, was found to be extensively disturbed; no features or finds of archaeological interest were noted. The site of the King George V was less disturbed, but the only find recovered was a flint flake, possibly Mesolithic. (319)

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