Reports received from Guildford Museum of fieldwork undertaken by the GMEU in previous years: 8 High Street, Guildford A watching brief during alterations led to recording of 18th century building foundations; a sherd of 12th or 13th century pottery was recovered during piling. 44 High Street, Guildford A watching brief undertaking recorded elements of the 17th century timber frame exposed during alterations to the building; these features were subsequently recorded by members of the DBRG. 46 High Street, Guildford

Evaluation by E Hindmarch of TVAS revealed that the site had been substantially disturbed. Two gullies/ditches and a posthole were recovered from trenches in the north-east of the site. Nothing was recovered to date the posthole, but the linear features produced 11th--12th century pottery, as well as some poorly preserved animal bone. The finds and features may indicate the presence of habitation close by.

Watching brief by J Perry of SutAS during the construction of a dentist’s consulting rooms revealed no features of archaeological interest, although residual finds dating from the late Medieval period to the 19th century were present.

Watching brief by G Pattison of SCAU during residential redevelopment. A single sherd of green glazed pottery was the only indication of activity on the site earlier than the Victorian period.

Fieldwork by C Currie and members of the Frensham Community Archaeology Project to determine if the pond had once been two ponds. No evidence of a bank or dam dividing the pond was revealed, although it is possible that recent dredging had removed any evidence that may once have existed. (364)

Watching brief by D Graham of SyAS during alterations to the western end of the nave, revealed elements of the development of the building, including possible evidence relating to a fire reputed to have occurred in the late 14th or early 15th century.

Note by M Saaler of identification by SyAS and Bourne Society Archaeological Group of a Medieval pottery kiln. (363)

Excavation following an evaluation by J Leary of PCA revealed a Bronze Age pit (and possibly contemporary features), and evidence of the early development of Stanwell in the form of a gully and two pits containing Saxo-Norman pottery, and slightly later field boundaries. These features were overlain by a ploughsoil containing 12th to 14th century pottery and daub, and point to the existence of a building nearby. A well and a series of rubbish pits containing 18th and 19th century pottery, some rare and non-local, were also excavated.

Watching brief by J Robertson of SCAU during construction of an extension to the public house. The depth and narrowness of the foundation trenches made it impossible to do more than record the rough sequence of deposits, but the recovery of unstratified finds (largely pottery of Roman and Medieval date) from the spoil does confirm that the site lies within the town ‘island’.

Evaluation by C Cowan of MoLAS, following a previous borehole survey that had concluded that much of the site was relatively untruncated, and that a good geoarchaeological sequence appeared across the site. The evaluation showed that a promontory of high gravel existed in the northern part of the site, with a surface dipping down to the south. Features containing four pottery sherds dated to the late Bronze Age or the early Iron Age were recorded in one trench beneath the alluvium.