Reigate Heath

Historic landscape survey of the heath by N Bannister for Reigate & Banstead Borough Council and the Reigate & Banstead Archaeological Co-ordination Committee. Apart from the remains of the known barrows, another possible barrow was identified, as well as two former tree clumps, which might originally have been sited on mounds (possibly barrows). The remainder of the earthworks identified largely consist of holloways, quarries and former ponds. Areas formerly wet heath were found to have dried out, leading to a potential loss of palaeo-environmental evidence. It is suggested that Mesolithic activity may have been concentrated on the fringes of these wetlands, particularly adjacent to ‘The Moors’ to the east of the heath.
Year: 
1996-7
ID: 
1243
NGR: 
TQ235500
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