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Seven archaeological test pits were excavated in Old Stable Field, Nonsuch Park, Ewell (centred NGR TQ 2318 6370) during an Open Weekend on 21st –22nd September 2019. This work was carried out in accordance with a Project Design as part of the Surrey Archaeological Society (SyAS) Test Pitting Programme (funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant) in partnership with Epsom & Ewell History & Archaeology Society.
The Annual Symposium of the Society will be held on Saturday 8th March 2025 in the East Horsley Village Hall. Online booking is now available and confirmation will be sent by email. No tickets are issued. It is also possible to pay on the day with cash only.
The provisional programme is listed below (talk titles tbc)
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Surrey Historic Landscapes Project: field-walking on Bockett’s Farm and in Norbury Park, Fetcham and Mickleham led by the late Steve Dyer
In March 2022, a small team of volunteers from Surrey Archaeological Society carried out a geophysical magnetometry survey and fieldwalking exercise on Neale’s Field, Chipstead as part of a small community project. This work was undertaken in order to investigate an unusual concentration of early metal-detecting finds, most notably a number of rare 15th century coins, which led to speculation of the site being the possible location of a medieval fair which was recorded at Chipstead from the 13th century, and to define, date and characterise the site.
Dry Hill Camp is a large enclosure of probable Iron Age date looking across the Eden/Medway Valley to the northern part of the Low Weald and North Downs. It is multi-vallate and lies just within Surrey, close to both Kent and Mid-Sussex. An excavation in 1932 recovered few finds and the site remained enigmatic. From 2011-2013 a level 3 tape and compass survey to check the condition of the earthworks was undertaken and a report is now available in the pdf attached below.
In November 2019 the final season at this muddy site took place. The intention was only to complete excavating a few features which had been left unfinished in 2018 when the team had to leave the site due to the deeply unpleasant conditions caused by the ‘Beast from the East’. Fortunately November 2019 was rather kinder and in spite of some rainy days there were enough dry ones for the work to take place within few days. In November 2019 the final season at this muddy site took place.
In 2014 land on Gravelly Hill was purchased by Caterham School and they expressed an interest in knowing the archaeological and historical background to their new land. The late Peter Gray had already noted the presence of earthworks within the area but access had previously been limited. As a result of the change of ownership members of the Surrey Archaeological Society undertook aa measured survey of the land within the medieval park and a small area to its immediate north.
Mounds on Reigate Heath scheduled as prehistoric burial mounds, and one other potential barrow, have been subjected to analytical survey and their landscape context examined.
The attached pdf is the full report of this work of which a paper is published in the Surrey Archaeological Society Collections.
