16 The Park, Great Bookham

A third season of excavation by L Spencer of SyAS on the postulated site of Bookham Courte revealed an extension to the demolition layer initially uncovered in 2014 (SyAC 99, 224). It was found to overlay a succession of sterile layers above the remnants of a packed chalk floor, itself partially overlying an extensive area of flint cobbles that may relate to the ‘Great Yarde’ referred to in a 1616 description of Bookham Courte. To the west, two sections of wall foundation may have formed the corner of a room or structure that housed the tile-on-edge hearths revealed in earlier rescue excavations (this volume, below) while further discoveries suggested the presence of internal and external floor surfaces.
Year: 
2016
ID: 
2732
NGR: 
TQ133549
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