Roman

Titsey

A programme of geophysical survey and trial excavation by M Davies and the BSAG around the site of the known villa identified a second ‘twin’ villa and two other buildings - one certainly Roman, and the other probably so. The two villas were separated by a stream, and an extensive area of surfacing seems to have been laid on the wetter ground between the two villas. (315)

Chelsham Court Farm, near Warlingham

Evaluation by M Davies for SyAS, incorporating a geophysical survey by the Bartlett-Clark Consultancy, of a site identified from aerial photographs by J Hampton in 1992. The geophysical survey confirmed the presence of buildings, which were subsequently tested by trial excavation. A villa and separate bath house, occupied from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD, but badly plough damaged, were revealed.

Land North of Water Lane, Bletchingley

Fieldwalking by the BSAG of an area where cropmarks have been identified on aerial photos. Numerous pieces of worked flint were recovered, as well as some burnt flint. Apart from a couple of pieces of Roman pottery, the bulk of the pottery recovered was medieval (late 12th/early 13th) and post-medieval. A resistivity survey was also carried out, that confirmed the presence of a number of features.

Water Lane, Bletchingley

A resistivity survey of the site of the probable Roman bath house was carried out by M Davies and C Hasler of SyAS and followed by the excavation of a number of trial pits. The work confirmed the presence of the bath house and that the 19th century plan of the building was rather simplified; no trace of further buildings were found.

42 London Road, Bagshot

Excavation by SHAHT continued. Further evidence for the 17th-19th century tannery was recorded, below which flood deposits sealed levels of Romano-British date. Pottery recovered indicates occupation from the mid/late 1st century through to the late 3rd. Further flood deposits below these levels sealed ditches associated with concentrations of burnt and struck flint and pottery, which appears to be early Neolithic in date. (309)

Lord Knyvett's School, Stanwell

Evaluation by G Hayman of SCAU, for Airways Housing Society Ltd, in advance of residential development in the grounds of this 17th century building. A number of ditches were identified, of both Roman and early medieval (11th-12th century) date. The recovery of a number of pieces of struck and burnt flint also suggests prehistoric activity. A subsequent watching brief on construction revealed little more. (314, 321)

Hengrove Farm, near Staines

Evaluation involving a geophysical survey and trial trenching was carried out on this prospective mineral site, by the Bartlett-Clark Consultancy and G Hayman of SCAU respectively, for Henry Streeter (Sand & Ballast). This work revealed a scatter of prehistoric features across the site and a concentration of features of Roman date indicating settlement, probably a small farmstead, at the southern end of the site. (321)

Hithermoor Pit, Stanwell Moor

Evaluation by G Hayman of SCAU, for Greenham Construction Materials Ltd, of an area proposed for mineral extraction (and a flood relief channel) identified a silty deposit containing worked flint, sherds of prehistoric (probably Bronze Age) pottery and a couple of sherds of Roman pottery, which overlay a buried river channel. (314)

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