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Wanborough Romano-Celtic temple

Excavation by SyAS following on from a geophysical survey by EH, directed by D Williams, assisted by David Graham, and aided by volunteer diggers, of amongst other things, a new circular temple a short distance from the square temple complex robbed for several years by metal detectorists. The original purpose of the excavation was to define an area to be Scheduled, but due to the history of vandalism, it was decided to fully excavate the temple.

Broadstreet Common, Guildford

Resistivity survey carried out by M Davies, C Hasler and D Say on the site of a Romano-British building excavated by A Sibthorpe in 1829, on the other side of the stream to the Barnwood School excavation. Trial pits were dug at high resistivity points, three of which produced a number of tile fragments and large flints. These pits were enlarged and revealed patches of laid flints; it is impossible to say whether they were originally part of a courtyard or floor or wall foundations. Two sherds of Romano-British pottery were also recovered.

Artington Cold Store, Guildford

Survey carried out by SIHG at the request of Guildford Museum prior to demolition of the structure. The store was built at the beginning of World War II for emergency food storage. A freezer wind tunnel later installed at the site was used to simulate flight into supercooled liquid droplets and ice crystals, and aircraft tested in this way included the Airbus and Concorde.

Manor Farm, Guildford

Resistivity survey following on from fieldwalking in 1997 located several linear features, and two small trenches were excavated by H Davies and J English and the GfdAG to investigate their nature. The features proved to be three ditches, seemingly parallel, and a small extension to one of the trenches located a short length of probable wall footing of large flint nodules keyed together but not mortared and cut into the ditch siltings.

Hopeless Moor, Seale

Training excavation by S Dyer, for SyAS, on land where investigations in 1939 revealed two phases of medieval buildings and a kiln. The location of the earlier excavation as well as other features were suggested by topographical and geophysical surveys. A strong magnetic anomaly proved to be the location of the kiln recorded in 1939, and the recovery of significant quantities of brick and tile suggest that the kiln produced both these types of building material, probably in the early post-medieval period.

Ladywell Farm, Busbridge

Contour survey by D Graham of SyAS, on a field adjacent to the Scheduled site of St. Mary’s Church. A number of possible quarry pits were noted, together with an area which may have been levelled. However, no conclusive evidence of settlement was seen.

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