Waverley

60 Long Garden Walk, Farnham

Watching brief carried out by D Graham of SyAS during construction of an extension to the existing building showed that the site had been terraced when the house was built and the topsoil dumped in the area of the new extension. Beneath this, a layer of chalk interspersed with occasional narrow 'Tudor' brick ran across the site. This layer probably represents the demolition rubble from a chalk and brick building, possibly of 17th century date, which presumably stood somewhere in the immediate vicinity.

St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Farnham

Monitoring of restoration works on the Church, and particularly the bell tower, by David Graham at the request of the Diocesan Archaeologist, David Bird. A number of re-used pieces of worked stone have been recovered from the inner face of the tower at the upper levels of the 16th century work. These all appear to be medieval and are presumably, though not certainly, re-used from an earlier phase of the church

Long Barn, near Waverley Abbey

Watching brief by D Graham of SyAS during the construction of an extension revealed a light scatter of Romano-British coarseware along the base of the topsoil. No features were present, and it is probable that the pottery has moved downhill from an occupation or kiln site (or both) at the top of the valley slope.

Former Shottermill Recreation Ground, Wey Hill, Haslemere

Evaluation by R Poulton of SCAU, on behalf of Tesco Stores PLC, in advance of the construction of a supermarket. All but one of the six trenches excavated revealed modern disturbance. A small late 19th or earlier 20th century dump of pottery and other rubbish was seen in one of the trenches, but no finds or features of significant archaeological interest were revealed.

Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere

Evaluation by R Poulton of SCAU, on behalf of Haslemere Sports Association, on the site of a proposed Sports Centre. Two ditches were revealed which were suggestive of field boundaries, although none are recorded in the historical record. A possible gully was also seen, in addition to three small pits or postholes.One of these produced a rimsherd of late Iron Age or early Roman pottery together with a smaller body sherd of similar or possibly medieval date. A resultant watching brief, conducted in unfavourable weather conditions, failed to find any further archaeological finds or features.

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