Land to the rear of 82–86 Cleeve Road, Leatherhead
Evaluation by C Barton of LP showed that the site had not been subject to any disturbance, but no finds or features of archaeological interest were revealed.
Denbies Vineyard, Dorking
Geophysical and metal detector survey by T Schofield and M Sommers of Suffolk Archaeology Community Interest Company confirmed the location of a buried Second World War tank, one of a pair of Covenanter Mk III (Cruiser V) tanks known to have been buried at the site, the first of which was excavated in 1977 and is currently on display in the Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset. An area of magnetic enhancement was also identified that may identify the location of the first tank that was excavated.
Tasli, Guildford Road, Fetcham
Watching brief by M Saywood of SCAU during excavations for an extension revealed no features or finds of archaeological interest.
Queen Elizabeth Foundation, Woodlands Road, Leatherhead
Evaluation by N Humphreys of ASE revealed a heavily landscaped and truncated site with no evidence of a surviving archaeological horizon and no finds or features of archaeological interest.
Danby Croft, Leatherhead Road, Great Bookham
Evaluation and excavation by W Weller of SCAU revealed the continuation of a shallow, V-shaped, curvilinear ditch, broadly dated to the Roman period and first recorded in the otherwise negative evaluation conducted in 2016. The quantity of Roman pottery recovered, all Alice Holt/Farnham greyware, suggests that the ditch probably formed part of a domestic type enclosure.
16 The Park, Great Bookham
A fourth season of excavation by L Spencer of SyAS on the probable site of the medieval Bookham Courte revealed a section of cobbled surface under a highly compacted layer of chalk and flint. Its location and the pottery assemblage recovered from the layer suggest that it may be part of the ‘Great Yarde’ referred to in a 1616 description of Bookham Courte. A short continuation of a line of large chalk blocks, first recorded to the west in 2015 (SyAC 100, 282), was seen to extend east beyond the limit of excavation. The structure, if it was such, would have had little structural strength.
Forge Cottages, Leith Hill Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking
Historic building recording by M Henderson of HB Archaeology & Conservation Ltd during repairs to the south gable of the late 17th century main range.
Middlemead Estate, Little Bookham
Evaluation by J Payne of SCAU on the second of three phases of development revealed a single linear ditch of probable post-medieval date that may equate to a field boundary shown on the c1840 tithe map.
Land to the rear of Photo-Me, Church Road, Great Bookham
Evaluation by D Milbank and L Esteves of TVAS recorded made-ground across much of the site. No finds or features of archaeological interest were revealed.
Cocks Farm villa, Abinger
Further excavation by the Roman Studies Group of SyAS, directed by E Corke and D Bird to the north-east of the Scheduled Roman villa, recorded considerable quantities of unstratified Mesolithic and Neolithic struck flint from across the site. A possible Bronze Age barrow ditch and two adjacent pits, again of probable Bronze Age date and thought to represent inhumations where no bone has survived, were also revealed. Iron Age features in the form of a curvilinear enclosure ditch and a number of pits were recorded.
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