Land at Epsom Road, Merrow

Evaluation by N Shaikhley of SCAU prior to the creation of a golf course. Only the areas of proposed holes 1–9 were examined, with a second phase planned for the remainder of the site. A large number of trenches were negative. However, evidence for possible Neolithic flint-mining activity was recorded in one area, in the form of sinuous conjoined irregular pits that appeared to be following flint seams within the chalk natural. Further features, some perhaps indicative of in-situ flint knapping, were also revealed. Unfortunately, virtually no firm dating evidence was recovered from the features, although additional investigations planned for 2008 may provide more information.
Year: 
2007
ID: 
451
NGR: 
TQ033507
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