Evaluation by A Taylor of TVAS revealed two post-medieval gullies and a posthole, probably relating to the former use of the site as a walled garden. A small assemblage of post-medieval pottery was recovered, together with a single sherd dating to the 11th–12th centuries.

Evaluation by S Coles of TVAS revealed two intercutting pits, the earlier being undated, but the stratigraphically higher being clearly medieval or later.

Evaluation by R Oram of TVAS. A post-medieval pit and an undated gully were the only features revealed, but Mesolithic or Neolithic flint and medieval pottery were also recovered.

Report by N Cowell on dendrochronological work. Behind the Georgian and modern façade of the building lie two much older timber-framed buildings, one of which, a ‘Wealden’ house, was thought to date to about 1500. However, the dendrochronological work has shown it to date to between the Springs of 1445 and 1446. (390)

Report on the discovery of a sawpit. Published in SyAC 94, 345–350.

Evaluation by R Lambert of SCAU revealed a ditch containing Mesolithic/Neolithic flintwork and probable Bronze Age pottery, as well as residual medieval pottery within post-medieval ditches.

Watching brief by C Currie of CKCA during the breaching of the dam of Phillimore Lake found evidence for what is thought to have been the rare survival of a timber revetment facing the medieval mill dam. The timbers were sampled for dendrochronological dating. In the 1880s the Phillimore Lake dam had been rebuilt and enlarged to create a much larger lake, and the rebuilt dam was about 1.8m higher than the original and had a thin clay core. A few years later, in 1896, a second lake was created at Rowe’s Flash, and draining of this revealed a similar dam with a thin clay core.

Repair works involving the cutting of a slit trench for a short distance along the dam starting at the south edge of the sluice. The work was monitored by D Graham and D Attryde of SyAS. No finds were recovered, but the west section of the trench was recorded.

Following removal of the pebble-dashing from the Great Gate at the castle the underlying medieval stonework and a window/arrowslit were revealed and recorded photographically by D Graham of SyAS.